El ferrocarril en Colombia y la búsqueda de un país

the railway in colombia was developed as a basic strategy for the creation of a diverse but unified, looking forward to travel its own path to modernity. this trip marked, in the territories crossed, finger very strong in the collective memory of the nation. exalting this condition, we performed a revaluation exercise of some of its most evident, as are the buildings of the passenger stations, some locomotives and engineering works associated with its history, but no progress towards developing a "national railway heritage, with a more comprehensive and inclusive. given the apparent variety and complexity of the traces and marks in the territories he related, the railway system is defined from the relations between its components, which structured the concept of heritage railway. the article proposes and supports the transition from patrimonial vision of the architecture of the heritage railway stations in colombia.