A duo of EMD SDL39 locomotives drag a long freight train, and cross the Malleco Viaduct (with its 102 meters high, 348 meters long and 122 years of life).
Triple FCAB traction, containers carrying ore concentrate to the border, bypassing the Ascotan Pass, the highest point on the route to Ollagüe (4000 m).
Train loaded with iron, goes through a true oasis in the midst of the desert of the third region of Chile, which is the valley around the Huasco river.
For the old trasandine railway line, the "Andina" loaded down with pots of copper concentrate from Saladillo - Rio Blanco, passes (through 3 tunnels and 2 bridges) the spectacular "Salto del Solda... (more)