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International Railroad Discussion > FCTT Chile....their first new dieselDate: 03/17/21 11:36 FCTT Chile....their first new diesel Author: masterphots Chile's Ferrocarril Tocopilla al Toco was famous for it's electric line down the mountain to the coast, complete with switchback, using 1927-8 GE box cab electrics. The line closed in August 2015 due to heavy damage from flash flooding. A mostly flat portion of the line from Tigre to the huge phosphate processing plant at Maria Elena was never electrified and trains were diesel hauled beginning in the 1940s. Here's a photo of Whitcomb No. 1 (builders #61193 (1952) , their first new diesel, somewhere on that line. The unit seems to be posing with some company brass in April 1953. H.F. Brown photo/my collection.
Today, SQM has no rail operations at all, everything have ended in November 2015. Date: 03/17/21 16:00 Re: FCTT Chile....their first new diesel Author: perklocal That is one big Whitcomb ! Is this the biggest Whitcomb and what ever happenened to this unit?
Date: 03/17/21 16:23 Re: FCTT Chile....their first new diesel Author: masterphots The data showed 104 tons. It was stored by 1978 and I assume scrapped not too long thereafter. When I first visited SQM in 1992 there was no sign of it. Unlike most other railways in Chile, SQM scrapped retired equipment quickly.
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