Barriles is a station-yard in the middle of line Maria Elena - Tocopilla (SQM railway), electric locomotives GE BoxCab and SQM empty nitrate train arriving at Barriles and change to diesel tractio... (more)

Old boxcab electric locomotives, GE 289A former FCTT nitrate railways and now working for SQM, transporting nitrate from Coya, Pedro de Valdivia and Maria Elena. In this case, coming from Tocopill... (more)

Two GE Boxcab electric locomotive with Soquimich nitrate train from Maria Elena - Barriles, downhill to SQM private seaport in Tocopilla circulating throughout the Barriles gorge with maximum slop... (more)

One of the historic monuments most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal and northern Chile, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the slo... (more)

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.

The city at your feet: Already dropping the afternoon, the electric locomotives GE BoxCab and Soquimich train skirts the abyss of the "Cerro La Cruz" (cross hill) in Barriles gorge, beginni... (more)

Old boxcab electric locomotives, GE 289A former FCTT nitrate railways and now working for SQM, transporting nitrate from Coya, Pedro de Valdivia and Maria Elena, with destination Soquimich private... (more)

Between the houses, Boxcab electric locomotive GE 289A and SQM train load with nitrate from Maria Elena, passing between the houses and arriving at Soquimich harbour, in Tocopilla.

Old boxcab electric locomotives, GE 289A former FCTT nitrate railways and now working for SQM, transporting nitrate from Coya, Pedro de Valdivia and Maria Elena, with destination private harbour i... (more)

One of SQMs boxcabs hauls a load of nitrate down to Tocopilla, which you can see in the background. In about a kilometer, the train will arrive at the reverso switchback, where they need to run th... (more)

Already dropping the afternoon, the electric locomotive GE BoxCab and Soquimich train skirts the abyss of the "Cerro La Cruz" (cross hill) in Barriles gorge, beginning to go down to the ... (more)

Built by General Electric (April 1927) in Schenectady, New York, the legendarys GE BoxCab of the nitrate railways perform crossing in Quillagua former station and passing loop, moving for the edge... (more)

Tocopilla Boxcab: 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 Quil... (more)