Chemin de fer Madeira-Mamoré Broché

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Madira-Mamoré Railroad is a railroad built in the Brazilian state of Rondonia between 1907 and 1912. The railroad links the Brazilian cities of Porto Velho and Guajará-Mirim. It became known as the "Devil's Rail-road" because thousands of construction workers died from tropical diseases and violence. There is a legend that a cadaver is buried underneath each sleeper. In 1846 the engineer José Augustin Palácios convinced Bolivian authorities that the best way to secure access to the Atlantic ocean was through the Amazon.