Well into the sunset in the Chilean altiplano, this train with warehouses continues down from the heights of the Andes to the city of Calama, and then to the regional capital Antofagasta.
Formation of the Chilean railway company FCAB, coming from the seaport of Mejillones, and a large crossing, heading towards Ollagüe, a town located on the border with Bolivia to almost 4000 meter... (more)
Boxcar train from Bolivia to Antofagasta near the Ascotan pass (3965 metre a.s.l.) with locomotives GL26C-2 # 2004 (former Queensland Government Railway # 2106) and GR12 # 2404 (former Ferrocarril... (more)
GR12UD #1408 (the only fitted with a rebuilt end cab), Clyde built G22 # 1434 (former Western Australia Government Railway WAGR # A1517, still in former paint scheme) and GR12U # 1402 (built new f... (more)
Touching the sky! The FCAB line to Bolivia is reaching nearly 4000 meter on the Ascotan pass summit, here we are on about 3450 m. Untypical precipitations in december 2011 caused more snow then us... (more)
Three "Canadians" NF 210 # 1418, 1424 and 1430, the first still in the former orange FCAB paint scheme, are pulling a tank car train north of Baquedano towards Calama. The locomotives were built b... (more)
Sulphuric acid tank car train of the FCAB destination probably Chuquicamata copper mine, with GR12UD 1408 from 1964 with rebuilt end cab, Clyde G22 1434 ex Western Australia Governement Railway WA... (more)
Former Queensland Railway GL26C-2 2004 and former Columbia (FNC) GR12 2404 are pulling a boxcar train from Bolivia to Antofagasta through San Pedro station. In the background active volcano San Pe... (more)
Former Queensland Railway GL26C-2 2004 and former Columbia (FNC) GR12 2404 are pulling a boxcar train from Bolivia to Antofagasta through the beautiful landscape near Ascotan pass.
A long train with empty containers from the port of Mejiollnes to the San Cristobal mine in Bolivia is crossing a part of the Salar Ascotan on the way to the border station of Ollagüe. Locomotive... (more)
