The same train as in www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=399153, the same moment, seen from the opposite side of the valley! G22CU 94 of Ferrnonor with a empty sulphuric acid train from Llanta t... (more)

Ferronor's only EMD G22CU, originally built for FCAB but directly sold to Codelco, is working hard to get the sulfuric acid tank cars up to the Potrerillos copper processing plant. Unfortunately t... (more)

GR12 # 401 (former EFE Dt 13001 from 1962) and # 91 (former Codelco, built in 1965) of Ferronor are pulling 23 empty sulphuric acid tank cars from Llanta through the gorge of the Salt River (Quebr... (more)

GR12 # 93 (built in 1965, former Codelco) and # 412 (1962, former Dt-13012) with hoppers loaded with copper concentrate are running through Encanche station on the way up to Potrerillos.

A swiss railfan is video-tapeing Ferronor GR12 # 401 and 91 when they hammering with their EMD 567 prime movers up the valley towards Potrerillos, passing through tunnel # 2. The grade is nearly 3... (more)

GR12 # 412 of Ferronor (built by EMD in 1962) with empty hoppers from the Potrerillos smelter to the loading site above Llanta in the Quebrada del rio de la sal (Salt River gorge).

GR12 # 412 of Ferronor with empty hoppers from the Potrerillos smelter to the loading site above Llanta is passing the former station "Rio de la Sal" (salt river) with an old water tower.

To prevent an overheating, the engineer on GR22CU # 94 opened various engine room doors when the locomotive pulls 9 empty sulphuric acid tank cars through the gorge from Llanta to Montandon and fi... (more)

Definitely not the terrain to build a railroad! Nevertheless, there was created a line up to the mine of Potrerillos in 1928. GR22CU # 94 of 1971 is pulling a train with 9 empty sulphuric acid ta... (more)

The narrow valley is filled with donner and smoke of the worn out GR12 # 93 and 412 of the Ferronor train from Llanta up to Potrerillos.

The very durty GR12 # 93 and 412 of Ferronor are pulling 7 loaded hoppers with copper concentrate from the loading site above Llanta and 4 empty sulphuric acid tank cars from the unloading track i... (more)

Not all of the Atacama desert is completely without vegetation. Here in the valley floor there are few water, some green and grazing horses. EMG GR12 93 (built in 1965 for the Ferrocarril de Potre... (more)

The two EMD 567 diesel engines of GR12 # 401 and 91 of Ferronor make an indescribable sound when the train with 23 empty sulphuric acid tank cars crossed the narrow valley and passes through the t... (more)

# 406 out of the first tunnel climbing to the Potrerillos mine with vehicles to acid sulfuric, below you see the car used in this trip.

# 406 out of the first tunnel climbing to the Potrerillos mine.