FCAB short train with empty tanks of sulfuric acid, from the great SPENCE BHP Billiton copper mine, passes along the former Sierra Gorda station, Atacama desert.
Evening in Ascotan, in the heights of Andes, with a dramatic sky in that moment who later became a thunderstorm, and FCAB #1250 continues the travel to Mejillones, in chilean altiplano.
Altiplanic power of FCAB, northbound #209 from Mejillones, after leaving behind the town of San Pedro and start climbing towards Ascotan (4000 mts), the highest point on the way to Ollagüe.
FCAB box car and hopper ore train, #1251 from Mejillones and Portezuelo, to Ollagüe for change cars with bolivian FCA railway. In the picture, the train climbs by the hard curves of Polapi, betwe... (more)
Passing the Volcán San Pedro.
Clyde GL26C-2 #2004 (former Queensland Rail) and EMD GT22CU-3 @2404 (former Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Colombia) are hauling a bolivian box car train with goods d... (more)