Manual change of rails on the FCAB line over the Cumbre pass in the north of Chile.

In the last sunrays a heavy sulfuric acid tank car train from the port of Mejillones is creeping up the Cumbre pass on the FCAB. GR12U # 1405 from 1961, Clyde GL22C # 1454 from 1968 ex Queensland ... (more)

The 1 meter gauge locomotives of the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB) has a very pleasant paint scheme, looking great in the wide landscape. The GL26C # 2011 was built in 1972 by Clyde/... (more)

A long train of the FCAB with 9 loaded flat cars with copper plates and 28 empty sulphuric acid tank cars is running down the Cumbre pass towards the port of Mejillones. Pulling are G22C # 1452 an... (more)

Sometimes, the FCAB is coupling two trains together to climb the Cumbre pass from Mejillones. First part is with 27 sulphuric acid tank cars with 3 locomotives, second part with locomotives GR12U ... (more)

Railfans from Switzerland, Germany and Austria of the Tanago tour are waiting for the loaded sulphuric acid tank car train of the FCAB, which is tackling the grade of the Cumbre pass on the way f... (more)

A loaded sulphuric acid tank car train of the FCAB is tackling the grade of the Cumbre pass on the way from Mejillones to (probably) Chuquicamata. Pulling are GL26C # 2006 (former Queensland Gov... (more)

A long train of the FCAB (Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia) is reaching Cumbre pass summit (930 meter a.s.l) for a crossing. Pulling are G22C # 1542 former Queensland Railway # 1506, GR12U # 1... (more)

Regio Express 3261 from Bern via Thun-Spiez-Frutigen-Kandersteg-Goppenstein to Brig, on the Lötschberg south ramp on the Mundbach bridge between Lalden and Brig. Push-pull train with locomotive Re... (more)

Bombardier TRAXX F140 AC2 185 # 566 of the MRCE (Mitsui Rail Capital Europe B.V., Amsterdam), built in 2005 and rented to the Crossrail, together with 185 # 120 of the DB in multiple control, is p... (more)

A view from the mountain to the train station in Brig at night. On the left the tracks for freight trains, behind the siding for passenger trains and the loco shed. In front 4 platforms with 7 pla... (more)

Push-pull train of the BLS in a very mixed consist, running the Regio Express 3267 from Spiez to Brig, on the Lötschberg mountain line south ramp between Lalden and Brig. The green cab car Dt # 9... (more)

Push-pull train of the BLS with standard cars type III (former SBB Swiss-Express), with cab car Bt # 997 in the rear and locomotive Re 420 # 507 in the appropriate paint scheme on the Lötschberg m... (more)

Bombardier TRAXX F140 AC1 185 # 109 (in Railion paint scheme) and # 101 (lettered DB) of the Deutsche Bahn in multiple control are pulling an empty northbound clay train with Tamns cars of the DB ... (more)

The two vintage "boxcab" locomotives 289A # 601 and # 607 in multiple traction are reaching the switchback station Reverso with an empty train from Tocopilla. Here the locomotives will go around t... (more)