Luxury sleeper train to be launched in Peru

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Luxury sleeper train to be launched in Peru

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Belmond to launch Peru sleeper train
Upmarket brand Belmond is to launch the first luxury sleeper train in South America next year
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Re: Luxury sleeper train to be launched in Peru

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Ex GSPE carriages from Australia
http://www.qt.com.au/news/great-train-m ... 64/?ref=hs
Landed at Matarani, Peru in early May. Shipped without bogies

Looks like they are being tarted up in Peru
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/trave ... eper-trai/
http://www.belmond.com/belmond-andean-explorer/

These are replica carriages that were built at Townsville in 1997/8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sou ... ic_Express
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