A new trip together with nitrate railways of Chile and GE BoxCab electric locomotives!. Westbound load saltpetre train from Maria Elena, down to Tocopilla and Soquimich harbour.

GE BoxCab 289A electric locomotives built in 1927 (New York), circulating for Barriles Gorge, from Barriles yard to Tocopilla harbour.

Built by General Electric (April 1927) in Schenectady, New York, the legendarys GE BoxCab of the nitrate railways perform crossing in Quillagua station and passing loop, moving for the edge of the... (more)

Built by General Electric (April 1927) in Schenectady, New York, the legendarys GE BoxCab of the nitrate railways, are detainees with trainload in Reverso passing loop, in the background the bay o... (more)

BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, circulating for Barriles Gorge, from Tocopilla harbour to Barriles yard, change traction electric to diesel for was still to Maria Elena (soquimi... (more)

One of the MONUMENTS most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the slope of 4.1% from seaport to t... (more)

Carmelita curves: One of the MONUMENTS most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the grade (slope)... (more)

One of the monuments most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the grade (slope) of 4.1% from seap... (more)

Carmelita curves: One of the MONUMENTS most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the grade (slope)... (more)

Carmelita curves: One of the MONUMENTS most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the grade (slope)... (more)

I don't mind the sun sometimes, the images it shows.

Several of SQM's 85-year-old GE boxcabs are still in daily service hauling nitrates to the port town of Tocopilla. Here, 604 ("Viviana") and 607 ("Alejandra") quietly round a horseshoe curve with ... (more)

One of the MONUMENTS most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the grade (slope) of 4.1% from seap... (more)

One of the MONUMENTS most recognizable of the Tocopilla coastal, old but still brilliant BoxCab 289A GE Electric Locomotives built in 1927, no major problems up the grade (slope) of 4.1% from seap... (more)

General Electric boxcabs # 607 and 601 just departed with a empty train from the station "Reverso" for the further climb up to Barriles.