Trains in Antofagasta, Chile.

 

I received this postcard from a friend in Chile. On the reverse it say "Trenes en Chile" Antofagasta. No more information is available at present about this postcard. Any one is welcome to contribute.

Funicular Railways of Valparaíso, Chile.

Valparaiso in  has had up to 26 working  funicular railways  - most are now inactive, as of 2009 fewer than 10 are in active use.  The funicular railways were mainly constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here you can see some of them still functiong at Monjas, Artilleria, Lecheros, Baron, El Peral, Espiritu Santo and Polanco.

Antofagasta & Bolivia Railway Company, Chile.

An interesting assembly of industrial architecture built in 1885 by the former Antofagasta Nitrate and Railway Company & the Bolivia Railway Company are shown on this card. A neo -classical style, appreciated in woden window and doorframes finished with Guayaquil cane and lime plaster. Buildings now given a National Monument stats.