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  1. New Life

    New Life

    Former BN/BNSF SD40-2 n 6379 at Alameda Central Station in Santiago after being inaugurated by the Minister of Transport and the CEO of Fepasa. Its colorful paint scheme is not a random thing, since it's the beginning of the long-term project "Art in Motion", which consist in...
    • EMD SD39-3M
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    • 6379 bnsf chile new paint scheme sd40-2
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: International Locomotives and Rolling Stock
  2. Acid Sulfuric station

    Acid Sulfuric station

    Near the Andes Mountains, in a small and almost gosth town, called Llanta, some acid tankers rest.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  3. Old Nitrate era BoxCar

    Old Nitrate era BoxCar

    This is my second photo as a Railfan. In september 99, I've made a trip to the desert (Atacama, Chile) and I found in the middle of nowhere this station and this lonely boxcar. The "Pampa" (flat place) its big, the sun strong, but this Boxcar refuses to die afther more than 40 years...
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile knuckey nitrate old
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Rolling Stock
  4. Old Nitrate era BoxCar

    Old Nitrate era BoxCar

    This is my very first photo as a Railfan. In september 99, I've made a trip to the desert (Atacama, Chile) and I found in the middle of nowhere this station and this lonely boxcar, which it have been taking sun for more than 40 years. Its a sad and hard dead, the dry weather didnt corrodes metal.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile knuckey nitrate old
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Rolling Stock
  5. Over the Pan American Highway

    Over the Pan American Highway

    The road under the bridge it's the PanAmerican highway, if you drive to the north (right) you'll get in to the States by the highway number one, but first; you'll cross all southamerica by the pacific side.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile coquimbo panamerican
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  6. In to the city

    In to the city

    This Iron Ore train will run in to the city of Coquimbo to get the Guayacan port, from where this ore it's exported.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile cmp coquimbo
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Bridges and Trestles
  7. Iron ore Train

    Iron ore Train

    Every 30 minutes this train runs loaded whit Iron Ore, which is exported in to Korea and Germany. In the way from the mine to the port (50 milles) it cross two city's.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile cmp coquimbo
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  8. Old equipment

    Old equipment

    If you can see, undder the FCAB (Antofagasta to Bolivia Railroad) you can read 1908... And is still working... everyday.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • antofagasta chile cooper
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Detail Photos
  9. Chilean Exportation

    Chilean Exportation

    There it go your next computer, telephone, water pipes... etc, etc... Tons of cooper for exportation everyday.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile cooper emd knuckey
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  10. Rush hour

    Rush hour

    An old EMD GA8 its running back from port to the Antofagasta(Chile)-Bolivia Railroad main yard, to pick up more cooper.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile cooper emd knuckey
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  11. Sunset of life

    Sunset of life

    This is a very slow sunset for this steamer life, just resting under the sun every single day, nobody cares... Is that fair???
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile steamer
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: International Museums and Tourist Railways
  12. Diesel jet

    Diesel jet

    an ol' diesel jet for steamers it's still in good conditions afther almost a century of sun, wind and dust.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile diesel jet old
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Detail Photos
  13. Keep em rolling

    Keep em rolling

    A dead line for wheels at Baquedano station
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile track wheels
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Detail Photos
  14. Baquedano Roundhouse

    Baquedano Roundhouse

    Oh man, I whish could see this place working...
    • mikeknuckey
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    • baquedano chile rounhouse
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: International Museums and Tourist Railways
  15. Good times

    Good times

    This unit rest at Baquedano Station (Chile), remembering better times, when it could iluminate the desert nigth.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • baquedano chile
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: International Museums and Tourist Railways
  16. Relax

    Relax

    This is the "preferente" service of TerraSur. A trip from Santiago (the Capital of Chile) to Concepcion, 8 hours away, only cost US$23.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  17. Cooper

    Cooper

    Thats the way we export cooper.
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile cooper
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  18. Ex CN units

    Ex CN units

    A cooper train running fast down to the port of Antofagasta. Its comming whit a full load of cooper to export
    • mikeknuckey
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    • chile cooper
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  19. Baquedano Turntable

    Baquedano Turntable

    This turntable lived better times, when the Nitrate move the north part of Chile. Now its just a piece of metal and wood.
    • mikeknuckey
    • Media item
    • baquedano chile
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: International Museums and Tourist Railways
  20. Friends

    Friends

    A group of old steam units, rest at Baquedano station (Chile) roundhouse waiting for a new life
    • mikeknuckey
    • Media item
    • baquedano chile
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: International Freight Trains


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