Trains in Chile's Norte Grande

[@SD40dash2XR]

Thanks for all your kind comments! Filming in the Atacama Desert was quite adventurous. However with a bit of planing and the help of some friends it was possible to do. If time permits, I'm going to post a second part. Viva Chile! :-)

[@normansilver905]

Mt grand daughter works at the ALMA Radio Telescope site in the Atecama region at 14,000+ ft elevation. They shop in Quito, Ecuador flying there by helicopter weekly.

[@ISHAROSENS]

Que hermosooooooo!! Mi hermoso norte de Chile que lindas imagenes , me encantò soy de familia ferroviaria , y esto me emociona mucho ya que mi abuelo, han realizado este hermoso viaje, llegando cansados pero con ese espiritu de haber realizado un gran trabajo y llegando con el corazòn emocionado de ver a sus alrededor tanta maravilla . Mi abuelo me contaba cuando niña historias de sus viajes tan maravillosas .Y hoy viendo èste video , lo veo a èl llevando todo èste cargamento,me emociono mucho.

[@user-bo6bg4jt5p]

This video shows us the historic railroad of 100years ago Nowadays. Thanks for your posting.🍀🍀

[@dashloc]

Great show and breathtaking landscape, it's on Mars there !

[@Trucksusa]

Very nice to witness the trains in the desert landscapes. Thanks for the post today!

[@gallidakias]

Greatfull video ,with excellent high shots and awesome sound...Like and favorite!!!

[@SD40dash2XR]

Thanks!

[@SD40dash2XR]

They are not only looking old - they are old! These boxcab electrics where built 1928 by GE in Scenactady, NY.

[@psa188]

Great video! I just finished reading Brian Fawcett's Railways of the Andes, written in 1963. He rode in one of those old electrics "back in the day."

[@photorayoz]

Excellent filming !

[@craigs7181]

Truly incredible footage! Amazing landscape! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@nitinshukla3752]

Amazing landscapes...makes man feel so small and insignificant in comparison!

[@eduardoalbertoarayacontrer802]

Lastimosamente con el aluvión del 2015 dejaron de correr estas locomotoras (SQM y Ferronor división Diego de Almagro) quedarán como un hermoso recuerdo

[@danielbittencourt2567]

belíssimo vídeo amigo, lugares incríveis parabéns o Chile é um belo país.

[@BNSFTRAINS]

I like trains in desert areas, like here in Arizona where I live. We have lots of trains going through the desert.

[@TheLejardinier]

Great film. Wonderfull landscapes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@elroerto]

Magníficas tomas ! Gracias por compartir. Una joyita.

[@headjog69]

What amazing vistas! Thank you posting!

[@calif1mc]

Amazing! It's like trains through a moonscape, so beautiful!

[@StuC5]

They reminded me of the old E-class box cabs that were running on Victorian Railways (Australia) tracks until the beginning of the 1980s.

[@photorayoz]

Thanks for the great metre gauge action. I know how much work it would have taken to get these shots, but the results are superb.

[@pelaosucks]

Impressive!!! Thanks for sharing with us!!

[@cenzoignacio]

espectaculares tomas , una gran obra de la ingeniera de esos tiempos

[@Aladefana48]

Great movie! Like&Favo. Greetings from Germany

[@SD40dash2XR]

+Aladefana48 Danke! Freut mich, dass er gefällt. Den kompletten Film (ca. 45min.) mit deutschem Kommentar kann man übrigens bei www.trainmaster.ch beziehen.

[@peleador8856]

Felicitaciones es un Grandioso video"😍🇨🇱 el Trabajo del ser humano y el Chileno sobretodo es Sublime y portentoso⭐👏

[@mattcontreras41]

yo vivo en Chile! Gracias por el video, muy bueno, saludos!

[@peleador8856]

Hola.desde Arica😍 amo mi Norte.

[@stefandache]

Excellent video!

[@JGrandcourt]

Fantastic post. I always wanted to go here to see this. Looks very remote some locations. Nice to see some of the former Queensland Rail locomotives still in action for the FCAB. They are identifiable with their lower profile, due to their original loading gauge in Queensland. I love the fact that these beast are not muffled much. Hear the horsepower at play.

[@mattcontreras41]

i live there in Chile

[@pologamero2648]

Jason Grandcourt Many of the locomotives has been upgraded with Q-tron and Q-Trac traction control computers, and all of them has barometric sensor to adjust the diesel mixture and peak power, that is why they almost doesn't smoke. My brother was the chief engineer of that project, I worked some time too on that. (FCAB)

[@atmaEternum-info_del_mas_alla]

@@mattcontreras41 que lindo el tren, parece un juguetito, desde lejos.

[@ianstephens6198]

Excellent video from a harsh landscape, loved it.

[@trainsandtrams2020]

Breathtaking scenery that is out of this world! Looks more like a railway on Mars!

[@rayalberts6012]

El norte chileno tiene el desierto más árido del planeta , no llueve nunca y sus paisajes son extraordinarios , su cielo limpido y estrellado ha permitido la instalación de los radioobsservatorios más grandes del mundo y su suelo tiene las reservas más grandes del orbe en cobre, salitre, yodo , baritina, cobalto , salitre, azufre, molibdeno , litio y otras como oro , plata fierro en grandes proporciones.y ahí cobija los yacimientos y minas de cobre a tajo abierto y subterráneas más grandes del mundo

[@daveskinner5131]

Railroading on the moon!

[@alb707]

Espectacular e increíble el paisaje. FELICITACIONES.

[@duxberry1958]

Amazing...

[@indiantrains4156]

great videos like this can be made only with great effort & love for photography....... bravo - this is one of the finest rail video on youtube...... locations/scenery/trains/camerawork/editing/clarity.....everything 5***** thanks for sharing......greetings from india.

[@gallidakias]

I believe that every railfan want to be one time in his life in this geeatest place....Favo and thumbs up!!!Excellent video,with my favorite wagons(oil ;) )

[@bradleyjanes2949]

Excellent video my friend ❤

[@blackthorne57]

Excellent! Many thank for posting this video. Great sound!

[@bugelfalte6320]

Thanks a lot for this outstanding video. I believe it is hard work to film in the desert but the result is mind blowing. All the best from Bavaria, German

[@SD40dash2XR]

Besten Dank! Ja, es war ein kleines Abenteur Heute in dieser Form nicht mehr machbar, da zwei der drei gezeigten Bahnen nicht nehr existieren. Grüsse aus der Schweiz.

[@tsaarmartijn]

THis is really amazing. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@anunggaming]

wow, this is amazing trains video

[@BaronvonBavert]

Wahnsinn !!! super Video

[@TroopDeath]

Es hermoso nuestro país ,desde Arica hasta Punta Arenas!

[@mohammedsethi4799]

Thanks for sharing.

[@marxvint.g.7744]

Amazing landscape.

[@jasperedwards81]

Amazing video quality. Interesting subject. It's amazing what the harsh climatic elements do weather wise to the train paint over time. I think you had some seriously great natural scenery to work with but you definitely maximized the beauty of it. Hope you'll post more like this.

[@sjalana1]

Como quisiera que todo esto volviera de nuevo a nuestro Chile querido.

[@prasannabhat8575]

3:15..Me : What a calm and serene climate 3:17.. 🚆 : Excuse me? Can I help..😁

[@rolandoguerra3656]

Excelente imágenes felicitaciones desde curico saludos

[@ricoisrael880]

SUUUUUPERRRRR BUENISIMO EL VIDEO HERMANO, BUENA COPILACION DE FERROCARRILES, BUENISIMAS VISTAS PANORAMICAS, INPRECIONANTE,BUENISIMO EL VIDEO SALUDOTES, GRACIAS, POR ESTA VELLESA ,!!! VENDICIONES, PARA TI,!!!??

[@gffrwht4]

Lovely video to watch. Trains in the Andes

[@nitinshukla3752]

3:25 ....I wish i could frame that as a picture!

[@b_____________________________]

Nitin Shukla Screen shot it Upload it to your computer And then print the picture. It's easy

[@juanvaras7463]

Parece un tren en martes 😂

[@crossrover]

Espectacular trepada, esos V12 o V10 diesel a fondo, muy buen sonido, un regalo para nuestros oidos.

[@pologamero2648]

Roberto Gandolfo. No recuerdo de que tamaño eran los diesel pero si te cuento que muchas de las locomotoras del FCAB se modernizaron con computadores de control de tracción (Q-tron y Q-Trac canadienses), esro mejoro el control en baja velocidad ya que el operador solo selecciona el punto final en el acelerador y el computador aplica potencia en forma absolutamente gradual a los motores de modo que jamas patinen, cada eje tiene su propio encoder de velocidad. También se instalaron sensores barometricos digitales para limitar la potencia en funcion de la altura de modo que el motor no alimentara mas diesel del que fuera posible quemar, eso bajo considerable el consumo de combustible. Tambien se mejoro el control de los frenos dinamicos ya que desdd Calama hasta Antofagasta son casi 170km solo de bajada.

[@cristianrojonavarrete6020]

@@pologamero2648 tienes mucho conocimiento. Hace más o menos un año llegaron 16 locomotoras nuevas, algunas de ellas construidas en Brasil.

[@pologamero2648]

@@cristianrojonavarrete6020 mi hermano estuvo a cargo de esa modernización. Y yo estuve con el como 6 meses en ese periodo haciendo una practica profesional. La primera tomo casi 1 año porque muchas cosas aun no funcionaban bien, pero las ultimas ya tomaban solo 1 mes todo el proceso. El un diario vi las fotos de las nuevas cuando llegaron, se veían muy bonitas.

[@serranaferrer3343]

muy buena filmacion!!!!

[@garethmurtagh]

Awesome!

[@baggerolli1]

Hi Thomas, this is by far one of the best best best videos I´ve seen, unbelievable - like railroading on the moon, your camera work is excellent, congratulations! How difficult is trainspotting in Argentine/Chile etc just beside temperature,thin air ans language problems?????????????? Keep up the great work Oliver

[@marvinwatkins8889]

Not a lot of botanical or human growth or development up at those altitudes. But then, not enough precip, either. If they had railroads on Mars, the scenewould probably look something like this (though more red). Thanks for the great and spectacularly scenic vid.

[@TroopDeath]

Antofagasta siempre será de Chile, por siempre!!! ...viva Chile!

[@slycat1939]

AWESOME

[@mmitra4669]

trains can be so beautiful! Great vid

[@dci64]

incredible, Thanks!!!!

[@osanmartin1]

somebody knows? I listen this noise every day and I like this, because I know this is the riches of my country...

[@deckiedeckie]

Went (by bus) fm Iquique to Santiago......crossed the Atacama desert....three days.....in a bus!!

[@qj7205]

Really great! :-) Well done! :-)

[@claudiodelgado9399]

Yo trabaje en el ferroarril antofagasta bolivia escoltabamos los trenes con cobre de chuqui escondida por los cuatreros

[@qj7205]

Nice! :-) The landscape actually reminds me a little bit like the lower parts of the Nanjiang line in South Xinjiang (China) between Tulufan and Yuergou... :-)

[@TheDubischeggia]

Bellissimo video.

[@ph11p3540]

Beautiful rugged country down there in Chili. So much amazing geological features, offroading in a souped up 4x4 and a rock hounds paradise all rolled into one. I forgot to mention the largest astronomical observatory complexes in the world all built at nose bleed locations scattered in the Atacama desert. Sadly this cold loving Canadian can't take the brutal heat the Atacama is famous for dishing out.

[@felipecabreraschaffer132]

Thanks and all but it triggers me so much when people say "chili"

[@alondraalvarado5575]

mi empresa FCAB hermosos video

[@supertouring]

This is what railfaning in Mars would be like. Very cool video.

[@nightshift49]

Ganz großes Kino ... bin begeistert, obwohl ich Dampflokfan bin.

[@shamyaprasav612]

camera capturing the train's serpentine movement is fantastic 18x22

[@prohibido]

felicidades...!

[@josealbinochagas8575]

preciosas paisagens

[@Dt13015]

great video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@janaskalova5217]

paisaje como la luna

[@CSXEMDTrainLover]

nice video and great catch of all the train's in your video

[@SD40dash2XR]

+Mike Troina Thanks Mike!

[@CSXEMDTrainLover]

Your welcome.

[@SD40dash2XR]

Which grades are you asking? THe ones on the FCAB, SQM or Ferronor (Div. Almagro)?

[@eliaslundstedt5607]

allthough the ones at 5:50 look really nice

[@jeffeusa16]

muito bonito as imagens

[@fxn02]

Really amazing shots in this awesome landscape! Do you know how much freight there is per day?

[@SD40dash2XR]

Thanks! Regarding train frequencies: It depends on the railroad and the stretch. In 2012, when I shot the video: - FCAB, Cumbre Pass around 5-7 trains on each direction. - FCAB, border to Bolivia 1-2 trains on each direction. - Ferronor, Div. Almagro 2-4 trains on each direction. - SQM around 3-5 trains on each direction. As of today, only FCAB remains active, since SQM and Ferronor, Div. Almagro were destroyed after severe rainfalls. However, there seems to be some signs of life on the Ferronor lately.

[@user-bo6bg4jt5p]

@@SD40dash2XR thanks for your good explanation. If railway is needed , the concerned people will restore it soon because man is sensitive their interests. 🍀🍀

[@AreliaMadrid]

Guauuuuu vaya pedazo de tren

[@pouchklepper]

Unglaublich schöne Aufnahmen! Dankeschön!

[@martypfohl4840]

Awesome!!

[@alb707]

Minutos 4:42 locomotoras eléctricas General Electric del año 1920. Increíble que sin están funcionando. Esas deben ser preservadas en Chile.

[@loadingname404]

ya no, desde un aluvión en 2016 (el video es de 2012) ese ferrocarril dejo de funcionar

[@RABe514]

Dieser Dieselverbrauch.... Aber absolut Geniale Aufnahmen und Sound! Wieder mal ein neuer Favorit :)

[@trainbusplanecarboatbike4032]

Very nice 👍👌💐

[@TrenesDeChile]

Muy bueno.

[@SD40dash2XR]

Gracias!

[@moestrei]

Are there passenger / tourist trains going on that route? ¿Hay trenes de pasajeros / turistas en esa ruta?

[@SD40dash2XR]

All three lines shown in the video don't have any regular passenger traffic (SQM and Ferronor / Div. Almagro are shut-down/distroyed). FCAB has on some very rare occasions a passenger train out of Antofagasta for some kilometres.

[@moestrei]

Thank You for info, the story of passenger trains in Chile continues to be a sad one.

[@cn854]

Killer video!!!!

[@KTrainz]

how steep is the grade

[@rkornilo]

"And not for something completely different..." :-)

[@StuC5]

You stole my thunder! I was going to say that, if you didn't know it was physically and mechanically impossible, you could believe those trains were running on Mars.

[@DANIEL-cp5kg]

Noto la ausencia de personas , Vegetación , vehículos , los animales deben de estar descansando en algún lugar . Muy bello el paisaje del lugar algo frío seguramente. Haga otro video pronto.

[@cristianrojonavarrete6020]

Es el desierto más arido del planeta. Altas temperaturas durante el día y temperatutas bajo cero en las noches.

[@loadingname404]

en ese desierto es de los lugares con menos vida, no hay ni aves, con suerte bichos

[@bradleyjanes2949]

Did they forget to water the grass?

[@andrewthacker114]

Any passenger trains on this line or is it all freight ?

[@SD40dash2XR]

In the past, all three RRs had some kind of passenger transport. But not anymore, when this video was made. And since the heavy rainfalls some years ago, two of the shown RRs (SCM and Ferronor's Division de Almagro) are gone "gone forever".

[@kilpatay2930]

Un Orgullo ser Nortino, nacido en la Oficina salitrera Flor de Chile!! alli el tren de maria elena a tocopilla se lleva el litio saqueado a nuestro pueblo!!

[@ferrocarril50]

ich bin sprachlos!!!!! WAHNSINN!!!!!!!!

[@eduardoalbertoarayacontrer802]

5:06...reverso station, in Tocopilla