trains with steam engines, mainly for European and U.S. tourists, were organized usually once a year by UK based Ffestiniog Travel or other operators. Traffic control used a modified Track warrant Control method. The main station in Guatemala city also serves as railroad museum. Railway museum The Museo del Ferrocarril FEGUA is located in the railway station at Guatemala City and displays steam engines, a diesel engine, passenger and freight cars, and other memorabilia of the Ferrocarriles de Guatemala. Proposed light rail A light rail system called Metro Riel is planned for Guatemala City. Railway links with adjacent countries Mexico – at Ciudad Tecún Umán break of gauge /. (rebuilt as standard gauge in 2019 There is no connection to Belize or Honduras, but still proposed. The former link to El Salvador – at Angulatú/San Jerónimo – is not active. In Books Adventure traveler Richard Halliburton described Guatemala's former main railroad line in New Worlds to Conquer (1929). Travel writer Paul Theroux described his journey by train through Guatemala in his book The Old Patagonian Express, as he traveled from Boston to Patagonia. See also Guatemala Transportation in Guatemala Rail transport by country References External links Ferrovías Guatemala – current operator of Guatemalan railroads (more links imbedded inside) Ferrocarril de Los Altos – history, 17 photographs, 2 maps Report from a tourist train trip with map, gradient profile and photographs Overview of rail in Guatemala with contact addresses, photographs and links Germans in Verapaz, article in Prensa Libre with a picture of Ferrocarril Verapaz 3 ft gauge railways in Guatemala