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Show Highest Railway In World. Tho Oroyo railroad, which now runs from Cnllao to goldficlds of Cerro do Pasco, Is considered ono of tho wonders won-ders In tho Peruvian world. It Is certainly cer-tainly tho greatest feat of railroad engineering en-gineering in either hemisphere. Commencing Com-mencing In Cnllao It ascends the nnr-row nnr-row valloy of tho Illmac. rising nenrly 5.000 feet In tho first fifty-six miles. Thence It goes through tho Intrlcnto gorges of tho Sierras till It tunnels the Andes at an altitude of lG,(il5 feet, tho highest point In tho world whero n piston rod Is moved by steam. Tho wonder Is doubled on remembering thnt this elevation Is reached In sov-cnty-elght miles. |