The same train as in www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=399153, the same moment, seen from the opposite side of the valley! G22CU 94 of Ferrnonor with a empty sulphuric acid train from Llanta t... (more)

Ferronor's only EMD G22CU, originally built for FCAB but directly sold to Codelco, is working hard to get the sulfuric acid tank cars up to the Potrerillos copper processing plant. Unfortunately t... (more)

The colors of the FCAB matches perfectly with the spectacular landscape with active volcano Ollagüe.

GR12 # 401 (former EFE Dt 13001 from 1962) and # 91 (former Codelco, built in 1965) of Ferronor are pulling 23 empty sulphuric acid tank cars from Llanta through the gorge of the Salt River (Quebr... (more)

Three locomotives running down Cumbre pass east side. GR12U # 1403 and Clyde built G22 # 1435 (former WAGR A1518) had been midtrain helper on a train on the west side befor (see photo ID 398299), ... (more)

In the warm evening light a train from Mejillones is fighting up Cumbre pass below the horseshoe curve of Desemparados. Pulling are GR12U # 1405 (new for FCAB in 1961), Clyde built GL22C # 1454 (f... (more)

GR 12 # 2402 and GL26C-2 # 2005 and 2010 started the ascent from the Salar de Ascotan to the hill before reaching Salar de Carcote. Trainload from Mejillones to Ollagüe (-San Cristóbal mine) was... (more)

After leaving the border station of Ollagüe, the heavy train with lead/zinc/silver concentrates in round containers, pulled by GL26C-2 # 2005 and 2010 and GR12 # 2405, is passing the active volca... (more)

Clyde built GL26C-2 # 2011, NF210 # 1425 and GR12 # 2405 are tackling the east ascent to Cumbre pass between Prat and Pampa.

GR12U # 1403 (built new for FCAB in 1961) and Clyde G22 #1435 (former Western Australia Government Railway WAGR) are midtrain helper on a train over Cumbre pass from Mejillones towards Calama. Hea... (more)

GR12UD #1408 (the only fitted with a rebuilt end cab), Clyde built G22 # 1434 (former Western Australia Government Railway WAGR # A1517, still in former paint scheme) and GR12U # 1402 (built new f... (more)

GR12UD #1408 (the only fitted with a rebuilt end cab), Clyde built G22 # 1434 (former Western Australia Government Railway WAGR # A1517, still in former paint scheme) and GR12U # 1402 (built new f... (more)

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.

Touching the sky! The FCAB line to Bolivia is reaching nearly 4000 meter on the Ascotan pass summit, here we are on about 3450 m. Untypical precipitations in december 2011 caused more snow then us... (more)

Clyde built GL26C-2 # 2005 and 2010 ex Queensland and GR12 #2402 ex Colombia are pulling the heavy train from the San Cristobal mine in Bolivia to the port of Mejillones above the Salar de Ascotan... (more)