FLB

Friends of Latin American Railways

up to 14th October 2011
  
PR Department: Samuel Rachdi, Bahnhof,  
CH-6422 Steinen SZ; Tel. +41/41/832.01.34; Fax +41/41/832.01.35 
   
 
from 16th December 2011 on:  
   
PR Department: Samuel Rachdi  
Im oberen Gern 52  
CH-8409 Winterthur-Hegi
  
Email: fahrplancenter@fahrplancenter.com

 
 
Brill and Wadloper railcars at Montevideo
Photograph: M. Benoit, Montevideo
 
 
VOLTA O TREM
Information Organ of the Association Friends of Latin American Railways
 
15th Year, Number 6
15th September 2011
 
FLB NEWS
FAHRPLANCENTER NEWS
THE NEXT FLB EVENTS
 
FLB COMMITTEE MEETINGS
on Saturdays:

On 19th November 2011, 13 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus 3 etc. see below)

General Business

On 04th February 2012, 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

Preparation of the Annual General Assembly

Board members may participate in any case
regardless if they are participating at the
main meeting or not. Please inform us!

 
THE FAHRPLANCENTER ONLINE:

www.fahrplancenter.com



The  offical home page of FLB is under:

http://www.ferrolatino.ch

and NEW also under http://www.ferrolatino.com



The official home page of AIFFLA

is under http://www.aiffla.com



Calls for meetings, orders etc.
may also be made by email:

fahrplancenter@fahrplancenter.com
 

MEMBERS' MEETINGS

on Saturdays

On 19th November 2011, 14 h 30
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
(Bus 3 etc. see below)

SWR Railway film on Chile, and photographs on the latest train movements in  Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), and Wadloper in Uruguay, News from Latin America

On 04th February 2012, 14 h 30

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
 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
 

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

 

 
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 2011 the International Co-operative for the Development of Latin-American Railways AIFFLA is already five 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, fahrplancenter@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.
 

 
 
FLB INTERNALS
 
 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
 
 
MEETING of
Saturday, 19th November 2011, at 14 h 30 
 
The German TV station SWR has finished a film about the Chilean Railways; it can be viewed on ARTE at the end of October and FLB will get a copy on DVD which will be presented at the meeting of 19 November 2011 at Winterthur. We have already received permission from SWR to present the film.
 
 
Important information
 
FAHRPLANCETER moves.
 
It finally happened and a new home could be found for FAHRPLANCENTER at Winterthur Hegi. 
 
The shop at Steinen will close October 14 and it will reopen at the new address December 16, 2011, with the opening hours Fridays 10.00-12.00 and 14.00-17.00, once per month the shop will also open Saturdays, for these dates please consult www.fahrplancenter.com. Between October 20 and November 10, 2011 no "Volta o Trem" will be published. Fahrplancenter News 47 will be available before this period.
 
The new address will be:
 
FAHRPLANCENTER
Samuel Rachdi
Im oberen Gern 52
CH-8409 Winterthur-Hegi
Switzerland
  
  
LATIN AMERICA NEWS
 
ARGENTINA
 
Two more Talgo trains have arrived from Spain; they will also operate between Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata.
  
  
ARGENTINA/URUGUAY
 
September 9 the first scheduled Wadloper was running the international service. It starts at Pilar, 47 km from Buenos Aires, every Friday at 08.00 and runs to Paso de los Toros in Uruguay. Journey time is 16 hours. The return journey begins Sunday at 23.00 from Paso de los Toros. The DMU received a new coat of paint and new seats, TV, and a bar service may also be offered. From October on departures from Pilar will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
CHILE
  
Since July 2011 there are again 3 trains Santiago - Chillán and 2 services between Santiago and Talca only. All trains daily:
 
Santiago
07.30
08.30
12.30
13.30
17.30
Talca
10.23
11.21
15.23
16.23
20.19
Chillan
12.16
 
17.24
 
22.10
           
Chillan  
08.00
 
13.00
18.00
Talca
07.40
09.54
12.00
14.57
19.52
Santiago
10.26
12.38
14.45
17.45
22.47
    
 
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