FLB
Friends of Latin American Railroads
PR-OFFICE: Samuel Rachdi, Bahnhof,
CH-6422 Steinen SZ; Tel. +41/41/832.01.34;
Fax +41/41/832.01.35
Email: info@fahrplancenter.com
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The first daily train to San José
has just left Montevideo’s new "main station". It’s not a mixed train.
The flat wagon with the empty containers serves as an intermediate wagon,
due to the different type of couplings on the Alstom Locomotive and the
Ganz-Mávag coaches. An old steam locomotive tender is added at the
end of the train for the same purpose.
Photo: M. Benoit, Montevideo
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VOLTA
O TREM
Information Organ of the Association
Friends of Latin American Railways
11th Year, Number 1
25th January 2007
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FLB NEWS
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FAHRPLANCENTER NEWS
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THE NEXT FLB EVENTS
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FLB COMMITTEE MEETINGS
on Saturdays:
24.02.2007 13.30 at QZ Gutschick, Winterthur
28.04.2007 13.30 at Depothäuschen,
Winterthur
13.10.2007 13.30 at Depothäuschen,
Winterthur
01.12.2007 13.30 at Depothäuschen,
Winterthur
23.02.2008 13.30 at QZ Gutschick, Winterthur
Board members may participate in any
case
regardless if they are participating
at the
main meeting or not. Please inform
us!
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THE FAHRPLANCENTER
ONLINE:
www.fahrplancenter.com
Calls for meetings, orders etc.
may also be made by email:
info@fahrplancenter.com
FLB IS ONLINE UNDER: www.ferrolatino.ch
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MEMBERS' MEETINGS
on Saturdays at 14.30:
24.02.2007 at QZ Gutschick, Winterthur;
Annual
General Assembly with election of a new president, and slide show by Dieter
Hauss, Frankfurt
28.04.2007 at Depothäuschen, Winterthur.
Continuation of Video show,
News from Latin America
13.10.2007 at Depothäuschen, Winterthur.
Slide show and news from members
02. – 25.11.2007 FLB Study Trip to Southern
Brasil
01.12.2007 at Depothäuschen, Winterthur.
With slides from the FLB Brasil Study
Trip
23.02.2008 at QZ Gutschick, Winterthur,
Annual
General Assembly, and slide show
A SERVICE OF FLB
In co-operation with the FAHRPLANCENTER.
all timetables of passenger trains from
Mexico to Argentina, now on one single home page, go to:
http://www.fahrplancenter.com/FahrplanLatino.html
AND CLICK ON THE COUNTRY YOU LIKE.
In Deutsch; In English; En Castellano;
Em Português-Brasileiro
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BOOKS ABOUT LATIN AMERICAN RAILWAYS
(Selection):
At Fahrplancenter; Prices excluding
postage and packing:
THE LANDSSPOORWEG
1902-2002 (Surinam) CHF33.00 / €22,00
THE ST. KITTS RAILWAY CHF29.00 / €19,30
RAILWAYS OF NICARAGUA
(in The Narrow Gauge) CHF12.00/ €8,00
LOS CAMINOS DE HIERRO DE YAGUAJAI
CHF27.00 / €18,00
CUBAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS,
Vol.1 or Vol.2 CHF33.00 / €22,00
NARROW GAUGE IN COLOMBIA CHF52.40 /
€34,30
GUÍA RAMAL TALCA-CONSTITUCIÓN
CHF6.00 / €4,00
CARROS BUDD NO BRASIL, Vol.1, CHF59.70
/ €39,90
DAS EISENBAHNWESEN IN BRASILIEN (1975)
CHF6.00 / €4,00
RAILWAYS OF BOLIVIA CHF58.60 / €39,10
FERROCARRILES EN ROSARIO CHF58.90 /
€39,30
FAIRLIE ARTICULATED LOCOMOTIVES
Vol.1 CHF42.05 / €28,05
Details:
www.fahrplancenter.com/
Buecherliste_Lateinamerika.html
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FLB Notes
Fahrplancenter is closed Feb 16 to March
11, 2007.
President needed. There is still no person interested
in this charge; on February 24, 2007 a new one must be elected. Everyone
can appoint for this job.
PUBLICATION FUND
From 2007 on FLB reserves some money to
publish or to help publication of books, postcards etc. about Latin American
railways.
AIFFLA NEWS
2007 begins the issue of co-operative bonds.
Information about this will appear at www.aiffla.com
as soon as available.
LATIN AMERICA NEWS
ARGENTINA
The Argentine Government has signed a
contract worth USD123 mllions. for 24 diesel locomotives and 160 passenger
coaches for the San Martin commuter line. This rolling stock will be built
and delivered from China.
The first Alstom Citadis tram car was
presented to the public mid January 2007. It will run on the new Puerto
Madder experimental tram line at Buenos Aires.
BOLIVIA
If the Bolivian Government succeeds
with re-nationalization of the railways in 2007, rebuilding the La Paz
- El Alto - Oruro main line has first priority. Apparently only the Andean
network may be re-introduced into state owned ENFE to start with. The Government
hopes to get the railway back without paying a large amount, quoting that
the Chilean stock holders got the network for "nearly nothing".
BRASIL
On Jan 17, 2007 CBTU Natal added some
trains on the Natal - Nordelândia section of its Northern Line.
Metrô Teresina completed the elevated
railway section at the Town Centre, and it should be open to traffic in
Feb 2007. Of the three Ganz-Mávag trains the second is under
reconstruction.
Because of severe flooding at Campos (Rio
de Janeiro state) all but one road bridges have been closed due to damage.
This made the city and the state government to reinstate a free shuttle
train service between the main station and suburbs on the other side of
the Paraíba do Sul River. The train composition in charge is from
Central and runs normally between Niteroí and Visconde do Itaboraí.
CHILE
On Jan 1, 2007 EFE reintroduced long distance
services between Santiago and Talcahuano with two daily trains. If these
trains will continue to run after the Summer period is still not known.
CUBA
In 2006 UFC’s passenger number decreased to
10'276'000 compared with 2005. The new Chinese locomotives helped to reduce
fuel consumption significantly, and it was confirmed that from 2007 to
2009 another 100 of these locomotives will be delivered from China. At
the end of 2006 freight traffic reached again levels of the 1980tis, this
thanks to the rehabilitation of locomotives and freight wagons.
2007 was named the year of the infrastructure.
In several regions sections of railway lines will be rehabilitated, thus
around Habana, between Habana and Pinar del Rio, in Holguin province, and
around Cienfuegos. 50'000 sleepers of national production will be used.
About 700 pieces of rolling stock will be repaired in 2007; many of them
have been transferred from the sugar ministry to UFC.
ECUADOR
To familiarize the local population with the
railway, EFE Ecuador offers more or less regularly train trips on weekends
from Riobamba to neighbouring towns, or even to Urbina. These trips are
offered for free or at very low fares.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
2007 will see construction of the first
electric suburban railway line from Port-of-Spain to Curepe. The first
section of line will open in 2009; the whole line will be open to traffic
in 2014.
URUGUAY
AFE introduced regular passenger trains on
Jan 15, 2007 between Montevideo and San José with Mon to Fri one,
Sat two trains in each direction
VENEZUELA
For the first time in 8 years gasoline prices
will increase significantly during 2007. Part of theses additional income
will be used for railway construction and operation.
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