events
April 5, 1910
The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.
Transandine Railway
The Transandine Railway was a 1,000 mm metre gauge combined rack and adhesion railway which operated from Mendoza in Argentina, across the Andes mountain range via the Uspallata Pass, to Santa Rosa de Los Andes in Chile, a distance of 248 km. It was a part of the first rail route linking the southern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
April 5
April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 270 days remain until the end of the year.