Aug 7, 2014 3:05 PM

Gallery: The Beautiful Junkyard Where Bolivia's Trains Were Left to Rot

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/brainrotting/4480800059">Graham Styles</a>/Flickr
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Bolivia train cemetary
The train cemetery is just outside Uyuni, Bolivia, near the world's largest salt flat.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lisa_aw/7680857372">Lisa Weichel</a>/Flickr
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Bolivia train cemetary
A booming mining industry attracted the British, who built a railway though here in the late 19th century.

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Bolivia train cemetary
In the 1940s, the industry declined.
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Bolivia train cemetary
Steam trains were abandoned outside the city and left to rust.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lisa_aw/7680859088">Lisa Wiechel</a>/Flickr
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Bolivia train cemetary
After decades in the wind, near a massive collection of salt, they're rusted out.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/3rdparty/433353418">3rdparty!</a>/Flickr
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Bolivia train cemetary
Covered in graffiti, the trains take on a strange beauty.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/4578418659">kris krüg</a>/Flickr
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Bolivia train cemetary
The site has become a minor attraction.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/4578410893">kris krüg</a>/Flickr
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Bolivia train cemetary
Tourists in the region stop here before visiting the nearby salt flat.

<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/neilspicys/2348878555">NeilsPhotography</a>/Flickr
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Bolivia train cemetary
The trains now double as an industrial playground.
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Bolivia train cemetary
Now, the country has attracted foreign attention again, thanks to its enormous deposits of lithium, used to make batteries for smartphones and electric cars.

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