FLB
Friends of Latin American Railways
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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Itatinga SP, Brasil, power station
near Bertioga, crossing of the two locally built tramcars of 1958, at the
power station in rain. Photo by Peter Lais
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VOLTA O TREM
Information Organ of the Association
Friends of Latin American Railways
13th Year, Number 1
31st January 2009
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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:
On 28th February 2009, 13 h 00
at Restaurant Friedtal, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus No. 3 from Railway station Winterthur
in
direction Rosenberg as far as
Bachtelstrasse stop),
the restaurant ist just at the bus
stop
On 18th April 2009, 13 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
On 31st October 2009, 13 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
On 23rd January 2010, 13 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
On 27th February 2010, 13 h 00
at Restaurant Friedtal, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus No. 3 from Railway station Winterthur
in
direction Rosenberg as far as
Bachtelstrasse stop),
the restaurant ist just at the bus
stop
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
and is closed up and including 28th
February 2009
The FLB is under:
http://www.ferrolatino.ch
and now also under
http://www.ferrolatino.com
Important information:
The Fahrplancenter remains closed
up to and including 28th February 2009
Calls for meetings, orders etc.
may also be made by email:
info@fahrplancenter.com
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MEMBERS' MEETINGS
on Saturdays:
On 28 February 2009, 14 h 30
Annual General Assembly and
Slide show by Dieter Hauss,
Railways at Santiago de Chile in the
1980ties
at Restaurant Friedtal, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus No. 3 from Railway station Winterthur
in
direction Rosenberg as far as
Bachtelstrasse stop),
the restaurant ist just at the bus
stop
On 18th April 2009, 14 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
Report from the South American trip
S. Rachdi/M. Vollack
On 31st October 2009, 14 h 00
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
Report on the Argentina trip, Patrick
Rudin
On 23rd January 2010, 14 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
Theme not yet defined
On 27rd February 2010, 14 h 30
at Restaurant Friedtal, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus No. 3 from Railway station Winterthur
in
direction Rosenberg as far as
Bachtelstrasse stop),
the restaurant ist just at the bus
stop
Annual General Assembly and
Slide show by Dieter Hauss,
Theme not yet defined
The dates from April 2009 onwards are
provisional
100 years Lima – Huancayo
Incas del Peru offers a superb rail
voyage through Peru. By train from Lima to Huancayo, then to Huancavelica,
Cuzco - Machu Picchu, Cuzco - Puno, museum tram Barranco, suburban railway
Lima, car barn visits, etc. THIS TRIP HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 2009! Details
see under
http://www.fahrplancenter.com/
AIFFLATicketHuancayo.html
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FOR BOOKS ON LATIN AMERICAN RAILWAYS
PLEASE CONSULT:
http://www.fahrplancenter.com/
Buecherliste_Lateinamerika.html
FOR TIMETABLES ON LATIN AMERICAN RAILWAYS
PLEASE CONSULT:
http://www.fahrplancenter.com/LatinoIndex.html
The International
Co-operative for the Development of Latin-American Railways AIFFLA has
now been working for nearly two years. Up to know AIFFLA was heavily dependent
from its mother organisation FLB. This should change now. Buy AIFFLA bonds
and help to make AIFFLA independent and powerful. AIFFLA is already working.
In Uruguay the organisation was helping
Urutren to buy a rail bus. Currently AIFFLA helps to get used railcars
(DH1 und DH2) from the Netherlands for Urutren. Cost: almost €2
Million.
In Brazil AIFFLA will help restoring
a Locobreque of the former São Paulo - Santos funicular railway
as soon as a financing and work plan has been established. For more information
look at
www.aiffla.com
Bonds for CHF50.00 and CHF100.00 are
available in unlimited quantities. Orders may be placed at:
FAHRPLANCENTER, S. Rachdi, Bahnhof,
CH-6422 Steinen SZ, info@fahrplancenter.com
, your order will be forwarded. Interested customers in EU countries may
pay to a German account, excluding high international money transfer rates.
Thank you for supporting AIFFLA.
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FLB News
INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND TO THE MEETING OF SATURDAY, 28TH
FEBRUARY 2009 D
On the 28th February 2009 the Annual General
Assembly and the next FLB meeting will take place
at Winterthur. Start at 14 h 30.
New at Restaurant Friedtal, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus No. 3 from Railway station Winterthur in
direction Rosenberg as far as
Bachtelstrasse stop), the restaurant ist just at the bus stop
Theme of the meeting:
Slide show by Dieter Hauss, Theme: Railways
at Santiago de Chile in the 1980ties
RESUME OF THE MEETING OF 24TH
JANUARY 2009
PRESENTATION BY DANIEL SORG
FLB member David Sorg showed the 13 present
members of the FLB an outstanding report on the actual situation of the
railways of Peru. His excellent comments were underlined by slides and
short videos. He informed about the Tacna - Arica line including its museum,
on Perurail and the the Central Railway and also showed some views of the
regauging at Huancayo. In addition he informed about the problems of installing
a, possibly also rail bound, local suburban system, and that the city of
Arequipa is much more open to such proposals.
Most members agreed that this was one of
the best presentations in the history of the FLB, and no one was disturbed
by the fact that the talk lasted as long as 18 h 30.
Thank you very much, David!
ITINERARY TO THE MEETING POINT RESTAURANT
STERNEN
FOR MEETINGS FROM APRIL 2009 ONWARDS
How to reach Restaurant Sternen:
From Winterthur main station take bus #3
to Rosenberg until bus stop Bachtelstrasse, cross the street crossing and
then go down the Bachtelstrasse. towards Veltheim town centre, go left
into Löwenstrasse, the Sternen Restaurant is just across the street
from a school building.
The Löwenstrasse can be found on the
town map under: http://maps.google.ch/maps?hl=de&q=Winterthur,+Schweiz&ie=UTF8&ll=47.506824,8.724539&spn=0.006682,0.019999&z=16
LATIN AMERICA NEWS
BRASIL
Trem do Pantanal
State president Lula da Silva will participate
on the inauguration of Trem do Pantanal on May 8, 2009. May 9 will see
the first commercial departure at about 8 am from Indubrasil station outside
Campo Grande. Operator, Serra Verde Express (which operates also Curitiba
- Paranaguá) is already selling tickets at its Campo Grande office.
The new train will call en route at Piraputanga and Aquidauana and arrive
about 4 pm. at Miranda, the return journey will be on Sunday. The train
will also offer discounted local passenger fares for people living in municipalities
along the line, as it does between Curitiba and Morretes. On the same train
first and executive class coaches will convey tourists.
Fares and times:
Timetable (provisional)
Saturday
Indubrasil dp. ca. 08 h 00
Miranda arr.ca.
16 h 00
Sunday
Miranda dp. ca. 08
h 00
Indubrasil arr.ca. 16 h 00
Fares:
Locals: 2nd. Class BRR35
Tourists in 1st. and Executiva Class
BRR58 - 75
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ECUADOR
At the end January 2009 state president Correa
reopened the rebuilt Latacunga station. For this event a special train
for schoolchildren and children from towns between Quito and Latacunga
was operating. On the journey back to Quito one coach derailed resulting
in 4 children being hurt. The state president himself brought the 4 children
to the hospital. After this he ordered a strict control of tracks and rolling
stock. This may delay the start of the daily Quito - Latacunga passenger
until the end of February at least.
PERU
The 3 foot gauge line Huancayo - Huancavelica is
currently under regauging to 1435 mm. Locomotive 436 was already regauged
as is Japanese railcar 31, while loco 435 and railcar 32 are awaiting regauging;
the remaining locomotives 432, 433 and 434 have been withdrawn. There is
no information to the public which means that regularly a lot of people
are awaiting the train at Huancayo.
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