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)