Ending the day the last rays of sun illuminate the highest hills of Salado Creek and Potrerillos Gorge, FERRONOR freight coming from Codelco foundry and copper plant in Potrerillos, negotiates a c... (more)
Departure from ChaƱaral of FERRONOR train loaded woth products for mining, with destination Llanta in Diego de Almagro city.
In the dusk, FERRONOR train coming from Barquito seaport in ChaƱaral, passes through this desolate place in Atacama desert with destination Llanta, and then to Potrerillos.
8:00 a.m., makes its departure from the yard and former station of Llanta, the train with sulfuric acid to Franke mine in Altamira, by the "longitudinal norte" mainline in northern Chile.
Railway and only desert, dry, arid, but fascinating.
FERRONOR 24/7 working in the desert night.
FERRONOR Llanta: Llanta is a operational centre, rail yard, and workshops of FERRONOR located in Diego de Almagro (in northern chile known for its vast and arid Atacama Desert), with rail o... (more)
Former semaphores signaling in Empalme 2, near Diego de Almagro. There are very few semaphores of this type currently operating in Chilean railways. This is the railway junction from the north mai... (more)
Rail yard and former station in Llanta, operational centre and workshops of FERRONOR located in Diego de Almagro, with rail operations between ChaƱaral and Potrerillos, besides the trains going t... (more)