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
14th Year, Number 1
31st 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 27th February 2010, 13 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
On 13th November 2010, 13 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
On 29th January 2011, 13 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
On 26th February 2011, 13 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
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 offical home page of FLB is under:
http://www.ferrolatino.ch
The official home page of AIFFLA
is under http://www.aiffla.com
Calls for meetings, orders etc.
may also be made by email:
info@fahrplancenter.com
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MEMBERS' MEETINGS
on Saturdays:
On 27th 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
Slide show by Dieter Hauss,
Railways in and around
Santiago de Chile in den 1970s
On 13th November 2010
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus etc. see below)
Slide show by Ulrich Meier on the
Trochita and Transandino Central
On 29th January 2011
Annual General Assembly
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
Slide show by Torsten Schneider
on Colombia
On 26th February 2011
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
Slide show by Dieter Hauss
(Theme to be defined)
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 FLB was
held January 23, 2010. The FLB Committee will continue with the same
members. Our cashier did a good job. In 2010 FLB will not buy AIFFLA shares,
but AIFFLA’s debt up to CHF 2000.00 will be covered by FLB.
Meeting of the 27th
February 2010
At this meeting Mr. Hauss will again present
a well funded slide show, this time about the rail transport in and around
Santiago de Chile in the 1970s. In order to make sure that sufficient space
is available, this meeting will take place at the Restaurant Friedtal.
Thereafter we meet at Restaurant Sternen for those who wish to have a dinner.
Please inform us by 23rd February 2010 at info@fahrplancenter.com
or Telephone +41 41 8320134.;
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
Start of the Salta - Cerrillos suburban
train has been postponed indefinitely, because no interested operator could
be found, the same as the case of the planned Tucumán - Tafí
Viejo service.
Argentina/Uruguay
Entre Rios governor Urribarri plans to
introduce an international passenger train between Concordia (Argentina)
and Salto (Uruguay) to boost tourism.
Brasil
January 23, 2010 saw the start of the
first tourist train in Espirito Santo local state. Saturday and Sunday
two round trips are operated between Viana and Araguaia (46 km) by a Budd
railcar. Operator of the "Trem das Montanhas Capixabas" is Serra
Verde Express.
Costa Rica
The large success of the San José
suburban train services is going on; this has prompted state Railway Incofer
to prepare for expansion. During February 2010 a new line from Heredia
to San Pedro University will open and from March 2010 on, after track repairs,
a new Curidabat - San Pedro - San José line will open. The current
services Pavas - San Pedro and San José - Heredia transport over
9500 passengers daily.
Cuba
State Railways UFC are beginning to recover
slowly. In January 2010 trains 74/75 Cienfuegos - Sancti Spiritus have
been reintroduced on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Monday to Thursday
the same relation is now offered too, run with an East German rail bus
set, which was formerly operating the Habana - Santo Domingo - Cienfuegos
service, which has now been suspended. On February 1, 2010 the daily Santa
Clara - Sagua la Grande service restarts after repairs have been
carried out on this line. Infrastructure repairs between Habana and Pinar
del Rio may soon speed-up "El Lechero" train which runs three times a week
between Habana and Pinar del Rio, as well as the Palacios - Pinar del Rio
local train.
Recycling materials are again transported
nation wide by rail; this allows the national economy to economise important
quantities of fuel.
Ecuador
Due to large scale track works all train traffic
will be suspended on the Riobamba-Alausí-Sibambe (Devils Nose) line
between early March and early July 2010. A local railcar may run between
Riobamba and Palmira only.
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