Sadly, one of the most spectacular railroads worldwide was destroyed by heavy floods in march 2015, the 1 meter gauge line from Chañaral via Diego de Almagro-Llanta up to Potrerillos. When you lo... (more)

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)

The boxcar train from Antofagasta to Bolivia will soon reach the border station of Ollagüe, pulling are GT22CU-3 (rebuilt GR12) # 2404 (former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia # 422, but is a... (more)

Wide open space and an impressive 2300 ton train on 1 metre gauge, about 3850 meter a.s.l. 3 locomotives of the FCAB are pulling a loaded train (lead/zinc/silver concentrates in containers) from t... (more)

The potographer is standing in Chile, but the train is running in Bolivia, coming from the bolivian border station of Avaroa. The two sixaxle Bo'Bo'Bo' Hitachi-Mitsubishi BFA 32M with 1575 kW from... (more)

On more then 3700 meter a.s.l. (12200 ft) the train of the FCAB with 52 cars and 104 empty ore containers from the port of Mejillones bound for the San Christobal mine in Bolivia, is nearing the b... (more)

The engineer just shifted up the gear for the grade from the Salar de Ascotan to the Salar de Caracote. GT22CU-3(rebuilt GR 12) # 2402 and GL26C-2 # 2010 and # 2005 are running on about 3730 meter... (more)

GT22CU-3 (rebuilt from GR 12) # 2402 and GL26C-2 # 2010 and # 2005 are running along the Salar de Ascotan on about 3730 meter a.s.l in the andean highland in northern Chile towards the border at O... (more)

Cumbre pass on the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia in the north of Chile. GL22C #1452 (former Queensland Governement Railway # 1512 from 1968) and G12U # 1412 (former EFE Dt 13017 from 1961) ... (more)

Very sad, one of the most spectacular railroads worldwide, the 1 meter gauge line Chañaral - Llanta - Potrerillos, is shut down since march 2015, largely destroyed between Llanta and Chañaral by... (more)

Very sad, one of the most spectacular railroads worldwide, the 1 meter gauge line Chañaral - Llanta - Potrerillos, is shut down since march 2015, largely destroyed between Llanta and Chañaral by... (more)

Iron train of FERRONOR railroad through the desert ... Desert?, Yes !, in the same desert as always, but full of flowers. It's the "Flowery Desert", beautiful phenomenon, very sporadic a... (more)

Train loaded with copper concentrate from El Salvador copper mine, after passing the Montandon former station is a closed horseshoe curve and from there will begin to climb towards CODELCO foundry... (more)

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)