Only memories?, Or will good news come?: That narrow white color seen in the photo, is the Salado River, normally with an insignificant flow, practically dry. In March of 2015 there were un... (more)

# 408 climbing to Potrerillos mine with acid sulfuric train.

Perhaps my first and probably last contact with Ferronor's Potrerillos line was in 2012. Due to heavy rain fall the line was massively damaged (dozens of km of the line are gone!) this spring and ... (more)

Hard railway route in the bottom of the canyon, FERRONOR downhill from CODELCO copper smelter in Potrerillos.

A marvelous condor accompanying the passage of this train in travel Llanta - Potrerillos, from the heights of Andes mountain. Another picture of the same sequence: http://www.railpictures.net/phot... (more)

8:00 a.m., makes its departure from the yard and former station of Llanta, the train with sulfuric acid to Franke mine in Altamira, by the "longitudinal norte" mainline in northern Chile.

The last sunrays of the day are reflected in the dust, while the train moves between Potrerillos and Llanta.

Old and abandoned building station "Rio de la Sal", on the route between Diego de Almagro and Potrerillos. With difficulty only survives a tree, in the arid Atacama desert, at his side moves the t... (more)

FERRONOR 24/7 working in the desert night.

FERRONOR Llanta: Llanta is a operational centre, rail yard, and workshops of FERRONOR located in Diego de Almagro (in northern chile known for its vast and arid Atacama Desert), with rail o... (more)

Former semaphores signaling in Empalme 2, near Diego de Almagro. There are very few semaphores of this type currently operating in Chilean railways. This is the railway junction from the north mai... (more)

Rail yard and former station in Llanta, operational centre and workshops of FERRONOR located in Diego de Almagro, with rail operations between Chañaral and Potrerillos, besides the trains going t... (more)