Article Photos: Paraguay breathes new life to its steam train



  In this Oct. 7, 2012 photo, Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway mechanic Lidio Martinez, right, talks as his co-worker Alberto Centurion looks out a window from a 1960-era steam locomotive as it runs in Asuncion, Paraguay. The steam train, inaugurated on Oct. 21, 1861 for cargo and passengers, shut down in 2001 before being resurrected in 2012 as a tourism attraction. Train company president Marcelo Wagner says foreign investors have expressed interest in revitalizing the railway commercially with electric powered trains, but until plans are concreted, the steam powered train will continue as a tourist attraction. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

In this Oct. 7, 2012 photo, Carlos Antonio Lopez Railway mechanic Lidio Martinez, right, talks as his co-worker Alberto Centurion looks out a window from a 1960-era steam locomotive as it runs in Asuncion, Paraguay. The steam train, inaugurated on Oct. 21, 1861 for cargo and passengers, shut down in 2001 before being resurrected in 2012 as a tourism attraction. Train company president Marcelo Wagner says foreign investors have expressed interest in revitalizing the railway commercially with electric powered trains, but until plans are concreted, the steam powered train will continue as a tourist attraction. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)