Railroad Progress in Colombia

of the Andes. Not only do the Andes north of Chile divide all the republics into two distinct regions, which face in opposite directions toward the foreign market, but there are lesser, yet nevertheless important, physiographic and climatic barriers within these larger divisions. Each district looking for a foreign market in which to sell its products seeks the shortest route to an ocean port. This is the dominant factor in South American railroad development

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