In the warm evening light a train from Mejillones is fighting up Cumbre pass below the horseshoe curve of Desemparados. Pulling are GR12U # 1405 (new for FCAB in 1961), Clyde built GL22C # 1454 (f... (more)

A large train carrying sulfuric acid and copper, the Chilean railway company FCAB, crosses the railway line known as "Cumbrepass" railroad connection between large copper mining and seaport of Mej... (more)

Clyde built GL26C-2 # 2011, NF210 # 1425 and GR12 # 2405 are tackling the east ascent to Cumbre pass between Prat and Pampa.

GR12U # 1403 (built new for FCAB in 1961) and Clyde G22 #1435 (former Western Australia Government Railway WAGR) are midtrain helper on a train over Cumbre pass from Mejillones towards Calama. Hea... (more)

"Gold of Chile". An uphill train on Cumbre pass transporting a large load of copper plates on flat cars from Chuquicamata (probably) to the port of Mejillones for export. About one third of Chile'... (more)

Clyde built GL22C # 1458 (former Queensland Government Railway # 1530) and GR12 # 2405 (former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia # 413) with a train on the Cumbre pass east ascent.

Crossing of two trains on Cumbre summit. Waiting for the descent to Prat is from left NF210 # 1426 (former CN # 946/Ferrocarril del Pacifico FCP # 907 from 1960) and Clyde GL26C-2 # 2009 (former Q... (more)

GL22C #1452 (former Queensland Government Railway # 1512 from 1968), G12U # 1412 (former EFE Dt 13017 from 1961) and G26C-2 # 2001 (former Western Australia Government Railway WAGR # D 1563 from 1... (more)

GL22C #1452 (former Queensland Governement Railway # 1512 from 1968) and G12U # 1412 (former EFE Dt 13017 from 1961) are slowly coming down Cumbre Pass towards Pampa and Mejillones with a long tra... (more)

GA8 # 952 of the FCAB street running on the joint line between port and yard in Antofagasta. The locomotive was built new by EMD for the FCAB in 1964 and brought a long train loaded with copper pl... (more)

Clyde GL22C 1452 (former Queensland Railways from 1967), G12U 1412 (ex EFE from 1961) and Clyde G26C-2 (ex WAGR from 1971) with a down train from Cumbre to the port of Meijollnes with copper plate... (more)

GL26C-2 2006 (Clyde 1971, former Queensland Railways 2106), NF210 1414 (GMD 1958 ex CN 936) and NF210 1413 (GMD 1956 ex CN 926) of the FCAB with a train downgrade between Cumbre summit an Prat (li... (more)

GR12U 1405 from 1961, Clyde GL22U from 1968 ex Queensland Railways and GR12U 1404 from 1961with a sulphuric acid tank car train in the horse shoe curve on the ascent to Cumbre summit from the port... (more)

#1413 comming from the cumbre pass to the port of Mejillones with an acid sulfuric tank train.

# 1455 going to Antofagasta yard from La Negra, this is the firts of four trains going to Antofagasta