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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Brasil, FLB Study Tour 2003, Goods
trains shunting in Cachoeira.
2010: The construction of the bypass
is still not finished, the train has still to be
shunted in the town for the transfer to
São Felix. Photo Peter Lais
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VOLTA O TREM
Information Organ of the Association
Friends of Latin American Railways
13th Year, Number 4
4th January 2010
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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 23rd January 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
On 27th February 2010, 13 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
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
The FLB is under:
http://www.ferrolatino.ch
Calls for meetings, orders etc.
may also be made by email:
info@fahrplancenter.com
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MEMBERS' MEETINGS
on Saturdays:
On 23rd January 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 thereafter relaxed meeting
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
On 27rd February 2010, 14 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
Slide show by Dieter Hauss,
Railways in and around
Santiago de Chile in den 1970s
101 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. 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/
Buecher-Lateinamerika.html
FOR TIMETABLES ON LATIN AMERICAN RAILWAYS
PLEASE CONSULT:
http://www.fahrplancenter.com/LatinoIndex.html
Co-operative
AIFFLA
In 2010 the International Co-operative
for the Development of Latin-American Railways AIFFLA is already four years
old.
Up to now AIFFLA is still 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.
Buy bonds to make AIFFLA strong and
independent. For yourself or as a gift to friends and relatives who like
Latin America and railways.
AIFFLA has already helped in Uruguay
with the purchase of a rail bus for the co-operative Urutren. Urutrain
is a co-operative which has been founded in the spirit of AIFFLA.
In addition AIFFLA has accepted to contribute
to the reconstruction of a Locobreque of the old São Paulo - Santos
incline, as soon as a corresponding financing and work plan has been established
These are only two activities; more
will follow soon.
Inform yourself on the home page www.aiffla.com
There are bonds of CHF50.00 and CHF100.00
which can be acquired in unlimited quantities. The co-operative is established
according to Swiss law. Co-operative bond holders are only liable to the
sum of bonds acquired and not any further.
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 INTERNALS
Annual General Meeting
of the FLB
The Annual General Meeting of the FLB
will in 2010 take place on the 23rd January as decided by the AGM 2009
Meeting of the 27th
February 2010
At this meeting Mr. Hauss will again
present a well funded slide show, this about the rail transport
in and around Santiago de Chile in
the 1970s. We hope for a strong participation.
ITINERARY TO THE MEETING POINT RESTAURANT
STERNEN
FOR MEETINGS FROM APRIL 2009 ONWARDS
How to reach Restaurant Sternen:
From Winterthur main station take bus
No.3 towards Rosenberg, get off at the bus stop Bachtelstrasse, go across
the street crossing and then go down along Bachtelstrasse towards Veltheim
town centre, turn left into Löwenstrasse, and 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
ARGENTINA
Promises for new passenger trains are
not ending. Apart of Tucumán - Tafi Viejo (see VoT 13-3, still not
running), official opening of the Salta - Cerrillos service is not going
ahead. Or maybe the weekly service is the definitive offer? UEPFP/Ferrobaires
was announcing several times the rehabilitation of the Buenos Aires - Las
Flores - Tandil service in December 2009, but apart of a trial journey
no other train ran. In Entre Rios province many things aren’t going as
planned. The Paraná - Basavilbaso line is still not rehabilitated
and the "new-built" railcar from Spanish second hand material, built by
Materfer is too heavy and not operational. The hope to introduce a passenger
train between Buenos Aires and Rufino evaporated too.
Brasil
The Juazeiro do Norte - Crato suburban
train "Trem do Cariri" is running! It is a trial service, no fares payable
and only three stations are operational, but the service is already very
popular.
Missing progress of the construction of
the new Transnordestina Railway caused that state president Lula da Silva
is involving himself personally in this project. By decree he ordered a
speed-up of the work, and a monthly report about construction progress
must now been sent to the president.
The São João del Rei - Tiradentes
steam train is out of service because just one locomotive is in operational
condition, but a derailment in october 2009 brought this operation to a
halt. The Ouro Preto - Mariana tourist train, also operated by FCA is operating
without its steam locomotive which was not fit for the low radius curves
of this line, but the diesel locomotive too has big problems on this line,
so even this one is operating very irregularly.
Ecuador
Track rehabilitation is going forward, at
a very slow pace. Some work has bee even done on parts of the Sibambe -
Cuenca line. On the other hand Quito - Boliche and Quito - Latacunga trains
are now only running when a minimum of 70 passengers are booked. Between
Riobamba and Sibambe mixed trains are no longer running, all traffic is
by railcar.
Mexico
Construction of more suburban train lines
out from Mexico City has became questionable since the existing train between
México and Cuautitlán does not produce any financial profits.
Venezuela
After many years of rehabilitation work only
82 Kilometres (less than 50%) of the Puerto Cabello - Barquisimeto had
been completed in November 2009.
A happy New Year to all members
and readers!
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