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.
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! :-)
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.
Lastimosamente con el aluvión del 2015 dejaron de correr estas locomotoras (SQM y Ferronor división Diego de Almagro) quedarán como un hermoso recuerdo
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.
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
+Aladefana48 Danke! Freut mich, dass er gefällt. Den kompletten Film (ca. 45min.) mit deutschem Kommentar kann man übrigens bei www.trainmaster.ch beziehen.
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.
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)
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
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.
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 ;) )
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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... :-)
SUUUUUPERRRRR BUENISIMO EL VIDEO HERMANO, BUENA COPILACION DE FERROCARRILES, BUENISIMAS VISTAS PANORAMICAS, INPRECIONANTE,BUENISIMO EL VIDEO SALUDOTES, GRACIAS, POR ESTA VELLESA ,!!! VENDICIONES, PARA TI,!!!??
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.
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!!
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.
@@SD40dash2XR thanks for your good explanation. If railway is needed , the concerned people will restore it soon because man is sensitive their interests. 🍀🍀
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.
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.
Awesome scenery! What about the lights that appear in the upper-front of the locomotive? Seems like the lights of an airplane. :))) Favorite video!!! 05:24... the landscape seems to be like on another planet!! Final question: weren`t bandits out there? =))))
