The FCAB train goes around the great salt flats of Carcote (See in RP photography ID #390236 : http://www.railpictures.net/photo/390236), a rich deposit of various salts (chlorides, chlorates, nit... (more)

The train from #447881 with FCAB engines 2403, 2406 and 2008 has left the salt lakes and is now only minutes away from its destination, the Bolivian border at Ollagüe.

Japanese diesel locomotive made by Hitachi-Mitsubishi in 70`s, belonging to the Bolivian FCA, performs exchange loaded for empty wagons with the Chilean railway company FCAB in the small border to... (more)

The great Carcote salt lake and the FCAB train to Ollagüe.

Great view of Carcote salt lake and Aucanquilcha volcano (6174 meters above sea level) in the Background, and FCAB train in route to Ollagüe. See this photograph (RP #442265) of the same place, b... (more)

The FCAB train of mineral concentrate (two EMD GL26C-2 and EMD GR12 completely refurbished and repowered), and having left behind Carcote salt lake, soon to reach the border (Ollagüe).

The mythical train FCAB of mineral concentrate (two EMD GL26C-2 and EMD GR12 completely refurbished and repowered), and having left behind Carcote salt lake, a few kilometers to reach Ollague. In ... (more)

The FCAB train goes around the great salt flats of Carcote (See in RP photography ID #390236 : http://www.railpictures.net/photo/390236), a rich deposit of various salts (chlorides, chlorates, nit... (more)

The FCAB train goes around the great salt flats of Carcote (See in RP photography ID #390236 : http://www.railpictures.net/photo/390236), a rich deposit of various salts (chlorides, chlorates, nit... (more)

Flamingos and the Railroad: In the middle range of the Andes, 4000 meters above sea level, this train of the railway company FCAB through the huge and impressive "Salar de Ascotan" (Salt flats) on... (more)

FCAB Antofagasta train at full power - faster and with a demonic roar, with silver pots San Cristobal Mine in Bolivia, toward the border town of Ollagüe, across the great Ascotan salt lake.

Double FCAB traction, carring warehouses, bypassing the Ascotan Pass, the highest point on the route to Ollagüe (4000 m).

A long straight, in the middle of the great salt lake Carcote, up to Ascotan.

Triple FCAB traction, containers carrying ore concentrate to the border, bypassing the Ascotan Pass, the highest point on the route to Ollagüe (4000 m).

The train with warehouses loades is leaving behind the vastness of the highland and salt lakes.