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.
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)
A long FCAB train with empty containers from the port of Mejillones to the San Cristobal mine in Bolivia is on the descent to Salar de Carcote, which is on 3700 meter above sea level. Locomotives ... (more)
Train of the FCAB from Antofagasta to Bolivia is rolling on a dam through Salarde Ascotan. The boxcars are from the bolivian Ferrocarril Central Andina (FCA) or the FCAB, locomotives GR12 2404 and... (more)
