It was still early; the tourist train from Cuzco would not be arriving for another two hours.
Over the last 25 years, the number of tourist trains has roughly doubled, to about 200 today.
Use of the line for tourist trains has been mooted in the past.
In the summer months from May to October tourist trains run three times a day.
Plans are in motion for a tourist train along the route by 2015.
A pass can be used within a six-month period, from the day it is first used, on all but special tourist trains.
The 0-6-4 locomotive was built in 1873 and still hauls passengers on a tourist train during the summer season.
The tourist train was carrying twice its normal capacity.
There is also a small electric road vehicle that tours the island called the "tourist train".
For the rest of the year, it pulled regular tourist trains.