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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
VOLTA O TREM Information Organ of the Association Friends of Latin American Railways 11th Year, Number 5 31st December 2007 The meeting of 01st December 2007 has been postponed to the 19th January 2008 The next meeting will take place on the 19th January 2008 at Winterthur, at the old Nagelfabrik "Nagli" (old Nails factory), St. Gallerstrase 138, opposite Winterthur-Grüze railway station. This can be reached by S12 (Seen branch), S26 and S35 to Winterthur-Grüze station. From Grüze station just cross the St. Gallerstrase and opposite, at No. 138, is the old nail factory "Schweizerische Nagelfabrik AG" recognisable by the red-green nail sculpture Or by Bus 3, 5 and 14 to Grüzestrasse, then 10 minutes walk straight ahead along St. Gallerstrasse (do not turn off)
FLB News VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION The meeting of 01st Decmber 2007 has been postponed to the 19th January 2008! The next meeting will take place on the 19th January 2008 at Winterthur, at the old Nagelfabrik "Nagli" (old Nails factory), St. Gallerstrase 138, opposite Winterthur-Grüze railway station. This can be reached by S12 (Seen branch), S26 and S35 to Winterthur-Grüze station. From Grüze station just cross the St. Gallerstrase and opposite, at No. 138, is the old nail factory "Schweizerische Nagelfabrik AG" recognisable by the red-green nail sculpture. Or by Bus 3, 5 and 14 to Grüzestrasse, then 10 minutes walk straight ahead along St. Gallerstrasse (do not turn off) ARGENTINA Ferrobaires/UEPFP suspended definitively the Buenos Aires - Tandil train, even the replacing road service was withdrawn. SEFECHA of Chaco province introduced a three times per week passenger service in November 2007 to Cañada Ombú, South of Los Amores in Santa Fe province. BRASIL Espirito Santo state will have its steam loco hauled museum train from March 2008. Trains will run every weekend between Viana and Domingo Martins. In contrast to other years EFE offers no expanded long-distance service during Summer 2007/2008. Trains from Santiago to Talcahuano and Temuco are still withdrawn. As from January 1, 2008 the number of trains will increase on some stretches of the Quito - Duran line, details can be found soon on http://www.fahrplancenter.com/AIFFLAEcuador03.html. Finally the railway could import a greater quantity of new sleepers and the government released finally 30m US$ for infrastructure rehabilitation. There are plans to ban all railway lines from the city of Cuzco. The standard gauge station Wanchaq will be replaced by a structure outside the city and the narrow gauge line should commence at Poroy to close the zig-zag section of the line which passes through some slums on the outer suburbs. Perhaps a new line avoiding Cuzco may be built between a point South of Cuzco and Urubamba. AFE reintroduces passenger train services on Jan 2, 2008, between Montevideo and Florida (109 km) exactly 20 years after its suspension. Monday to Saturday one pair of trains will run. The AFE presidency sent a letter to the Uruguayan Transport Ministry stating that the old Montevideo Central station should be reopened for train services, because the Uruguayan people and railway workers want it and that this station is a historical landmark, which could only be used for railway operations. Probably pressure from Grupo de Pasajeros (Passenger group) against AFE had some influence. 
TO ALL MEMBERS OF FLB AND ALL READERS:
BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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