The old and beautiful electric Boxcab locomotives GE 289A of Tocopilla, down with nitrate train and arriving to Tocopilla city. At the summit of the hill in background you can see the electrificat... (more)

Two old GE Boxcab 289A electric locomotives and Soquimich nitrate train skirts the abyss of the "Cerro La Cruz" (cross hill) in Barriles gorge, beginning to go down to the urban area of ​... (more)

Two GE Boxcab electric locomotive with Soquimich nitrate train, up to Barriles circulating throughout the Barriles canyon with maximum slope - gradeability of 4.1% in Quillagua.

GE Boxcab 289A electric locomotive, down with nitrate cars from Barriles, arriving at the coastal edge of Tocopilla, 4,0% slope, bordering the hillside and sea in background.

Old GE Boxcab 289A electric locomotives, are still working for the hard Tocopilla - Barriles railway line, on the photo going up to barrels through the area of "Carmelita", Barriles ravine.

Coming from Tocopilla, empty SQM train near Barriles and change to diesel locomotive to Maria Elena town.

Between the houses, and a westbound load nitrate train from Maria Elena, passing between the houses and arriving at Soquimich harbour, in Tocopilla.

SQM train loaded with nitrate, down the Barriles gorge to Tocopilla, near Reverso passing loop, with pacific ocean in the background. Electric traction with GE BoxCAB 289A locomotive built in 1927... (more)

I don't mind the sun sometimes, the images it shows.

Several of SQM's 85-year-old GE boxcabs are still in daily service hauling nitrates to the port town of Tocopilla. Here, 604 ("Viviana") and 607 ("Alejandra") quietly round a horseshoe curve with ... (more)

One of the MONUMENTS most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the grade (slope) of 4.1% from seap... (more)

One of the MONUMENTS most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the grade (slope) of 4.1% from seap... (more)

General Electric boxcabs # 607 and 601 just departed with a empty train from the station "Reverso" for the further climb up to Barriles.

U20C # 4 of the SQM is a rebuilt former South African Class 33.4/ then ALL Brasil (by Casagrande at Chena (Santiago)/Chile), which pulls the nitrate trains between María Elena mine and Barriles.

A railroadman of the SQM just lined the switch for a move in Barriles. Boxcabs # 601 and 607 are ready with a loaded sodium nitrate (NaNO3) train for the descent of about 1000 meter down to Tocopi... (more)