The other Sunday I went for a walk at Barrio Hipódromo (La Plata). The weather was really nice and most of the tracks are unused.
I started from the roof of Estación La Plata (Ferrocarril General Roca) and headed North.
- Roof of Estación La Plata (Ferrocarril General Roca)
- Roof of Estación La Plata (Ferrocarril General Roca)
- Roof of Estación La Plata (Ferrocarril General Roca)
I saw a dead horse at the door of one of the studs:
- Caminata por barrio Hipodromo – Dead horse.
I drifted for a while and then started to walk along the tracks of the Tren Universitario (it isn’t running on Sundays).
Found an interesting chunk of iron
- Chunk of Iron
Then a signaling tower and set up to climb it
- Signaling tower.
- Signaling tower.
- Signaling tower.
- Signaling tower.
It isn’t as tall as others but the tensioning wires are not taut and it swings like mad with the wind. The view from the top is really nice:
- View from the top of the tower.
- View from the top of the tower.
- View from the top of the tower.
- View from the top of the tower.
- View from the top of the tower.
- View from the top of the tower.
Some plants and cactuses. The blackberries aren’t as ripe as the ones found within the street but their taste was way sweeter.
- Plants along the tracks of Tren Universitario
- Plants along the tracks of Tren Universitario
- Plants along the tracks of Tren Universitario
This is near Departamento de Electromecánica at Facultad de Ingeniería. I really like how the rails blend with the grass.
- Rails near Departamento de Electromecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería.
Another tower. This one looked way more dangerous than what I was willing to do that day.
- Signaling tower
- Track switching mechanism
Back again to the starting point
- Caminata por barrio Hipodromo – 29 Noviembre 2015
It was a short walk a tad more than 5km.
The rest of the pictures can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/40523294@N08/albums/72157660748411324