Three "Canadians" NF 210 # 1418, 1424 and 1430, the first still in the former orange FCAB paint scheme, are pulling a tank car train north of Baquedano towards Calama. The locomotives were built b... (more)

"Gold of Chile". An uphill train on Cumbre pass transporting a large load of copper plates on flat cars from Chuquicamata (probably) to the port of Mejillones for export. About one third of Chile'... (more)

Clyde built GL22C # 1458 (former Queensland Government Railway # 1530) and GR12 # 2405 (former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia # 413) with a train on the Cumbre pass east ascent.

The long train with lead/zinc/silver concentrates in round containers from the San Cristobal mine in Bolivia to the port of Mejillones left the border station Ollagüe shortly. Pulling are Clyde G... (more)

Crossing of two trains on Cumbre summit. Waiting for the descent to Prat is from left NF210 # 1426 (former CN # 946/Ferrocarril del Pacifico FCP # 907 from 1960) and Clyde GL26C-2 # 2009 (former Q... (more)

GL22C #1452 (former Queensland Government Railway # 1512 from 1968), G12U # 1412 (former EFE Dt 13017 from 1961) and G26C-2 # 2001 (former Western Australia Government Railway WAGR # D 1563 from 1... (more)

GL22C #1452 (former Queensland Governement Railway # 1512 from 1968) and G12U # 1412 (former EFE Dt 13017 from 1961) are slowly coming down Cumbre Pass towards Pampa and Mejillones with a long tra... (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)

Near the southern edge of Death Valley, A Trona Railway freight heads toward the UP connection at Searles, California, moments before sunset on March 15, 2004. The train is passing the Pinnacle Na... (more)

A swiss railfan is video-tapeing Ferronor GR12 # 401 and 91 when they hammering with their EMD 567 prime movers up the valley towards Potrerillos, passing through tunnel # 2. The grade is nearly 3... (more)

GR12 # 412 of Ferronor (built by EMD in 1962) with empty hoppers from the Potrerillos smelter to the loading site above Llanta in the Quebrada del rio de la sal (Salt River gorge).

Definitely not the terrain to build a railroad! Nevertheless, there was created a line up to the mine of Potrerillos in 1928. GR22CU # 94 of 1971 is pulling a train with 9 empty sulphuric acid ta... (more)

The narrow valley is filled with donner and smoke of the worn out GR12 # 93 and 412 of the Ferronor train from Llanta up to Potrerillos.

The two EMD 567 diesel engines of GR12 # 401 and 91 of Ferronor make an indescribable sound when the train with 23 empty sulphuric acid tank cars crossed the narrow valley and passes through the t... (more)

Former Queensland Railway GL26C-2 2004 and former Columbia (FNC) GR12 2404 are pulling a boxcar train from Bolivia to Antofagasta through the beautiful landscape near Ascotan pass.