CHILE
Instituto Ferroviario. Transport enthusiast organization.
Elaborate website about Chilean trains, trams and trolleybuses
"The Tramways of Chile, 1858-1978"
Text (only) of my 1992 book
"Los Tranvías de Chile"
Spanish-language version of my book, complete with 220 photographs and 16 maps! Text translated by Marcelo Madariaga
American, Chinese, French and Swiss Trolleybuses
Los Trolebuses Norteamericanos, Chinos, Franceses y Suizos
González V., Diego: "Trolebuses Chilenos"
Website about trolleybuses in Santiago and Valparaíso
Madariaga, Marcelo. "Tranvías de Chile"
Fotolog with fine old Chilean tram pictures
Galería de Fotos de los Tranvías de Chile: trams in Santiago, Iquique, Temuco et al.
Moroni, Raúl, and Rodríguez, Mauricio:"Las Locomotoras Eléctricas de Trocha Angosta en Chile"
Nice illustrated survey of narrow-gauge electric locomotives
Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE). Long distance
railway.
Transandine project (Chile to
Argentina)
Transandine
update, 30/9/2002
Reconstruction
plan as of 28/3/2003
Constitución. Tramway (closed).
Marcelo Madariaga page has two photographs
Iquique. Tramway (closed).
Old
postcard views
Iquique. Tramway project, 2002.
Construction
of heritage line, 30/11/2001
Plans
for heritage line, photo, 21/12/2001
Photo
of car under construction,
29/12/2001
Plans
for heritage line, 10/1/2002
Description
with 18 photos
Descripción
con 11 fotos
Horses
arrive from Belgium, 18/5/2003
Project
delayed, 3/2003
Inauguration, 24/10/2004
María Elena. Tramway (closed)
Los Tranvías PCC: Marcelo Madariaga webpage with 4 nice photos
Santiago. Cerro San Cristóbal funicular.
Good
color photo looking down
Unusual view
Santiago. Rapid transit system.
UrbanRail
map, description, history & links
Nice
webpage with map and photos
Official
website
Unofficial
website
Unofficial
webpage: text, maps, photos
Unofficial
webpage: history, photos
Trains for line 4 arrive from Brazil
Santiago. Tramway (closed).
Photographs
from Chilectra archive
Ferrocarril Eléctrico Santiago Oeste by Marcelo Madariaga
Santiago. Heritage tramway project.
Tranvía histórico de Santiago de Chile
Newspaper article with slide show (32 photographs)
Santiago. Trolleybus system (closed).
The Trolleybuses of Santiago: Part A, 1940-1978 / Part B, 1991-1994
Los Trolebuses de Santiago: Parte A, 1940-1978 / Parte B, 1991-1994 NEW 5/07!
Text
and nine photographs
Model
of Pullman trolleybus [scroll down]
Temuco. Tramway (closed).
Webpage by Marcelo Madariaga: 10 rare tram pictures!
Valparaíso. 14 funiculars & vertical elevator.
Superb website with 42 enlargeable photos, data, map!
Map,
description and enlargeable photos
Renovation
of El Peral funicular, 25/11/2000
Trilingual
webpage with data and photographs
Update,
with nice photo, 9/1/2002
15
photos enlarge with descriptions
"Funiculars & trolleybuses, the soul of Valparaíso"
Valparaíso. Suburban railway.
MERVAL
homepage
Excellent UrbanRail page with map, history
Current
outbound timetable (Valparaíso to
Limache)
Order
for new trains, 1/2/2000
Update
on tunnel project and new trains,
20/6/2000
Planned
extension to Quillota and La Calera,
8/11/2000
New
Spanish trains, 20/9/2000 (photo)
New
trains shipped from Spain, 11/10/2000 (photo)
Aerial
photo and note on tunnel plan, 9/12/2000
Update
on tunnel plan, 7/9/2001
Update
on new trains and tunnel, 6/2/2002
Trains
now run single track through Viña
Miramar
station closed
New
French trains
Last
train on the surface, 4/12/2002
Line to close in July to permit inauguration in November
Article with nice photo of new train model
Equipment history
Reinauguration 23/11/2005
Reinauguration photos
TMV website
Valparaíso. Tramway (closed).
Plan
to restore horsecar service,
13/7/2002
Valparaíso. Trolleybus system.
The Trolleybuses of Valparaíso: Part A, 1952-1989 / Part B, 1990-2000
Los Trolebuses de Valparaíso: Parte A, 1952-1989 / Parte B, 1990-2000 NEW 6/07!
My page on Chilean trolleybuses
The Pullman trolleybuses of Valparaíso NEW 7/07!
Los Trolebuses Pullman de Valparaíso
Trolebuses Chilenos: website by Diego González V.
My
newspaper article, 22/1/1999
Trolebuses en Valparaíso: nice tribute
Newspaper
report, 19/2/2000
Scale
model of ex-Santiago trolleybus 814
Six
photos: scroll down
Text
and nine photographs
New
trolleybus "depot", 1/8/2000
Plan
extension to Playa Ancha, 31/7/2001
Teatro Trolley Tour, 12/1/2002
Teatro Trolley Tour, 16/1/2002
Teatro Trolley Tour, 31/1/2002
Teatro Trolley Tour, 9/3/2002
Teatro Trolley Tour, 24/4/2002
Teatro Trolley Tour, 9/1/2003
Teatro Trolley Tour, 19/2/2003
Teatro Trolley Tour, 7/7/2003
Teatro Trolley Tour: nine scenes
Women
drivers
Possible
trolleybus sale, 21/6/2002
Nice
historical survey, 27/6/2002
System
closure, 23/8/2002
Citizens
demand trolleybus return
Newspaper
editorial
Ersatz "trole" runs in protest
Service
resumes! 13/9/2002
Update,
29/9/2002
Restore
service on Av. Pedro Montt
World's
oldest trolleybus
Long
article with photo, 9/3/2003
National
Monument status, 2/7/2003
National
Monument status, photo
Trolleybus
814 burns, 25/8/2003
Arrest
arsonist who set fire to 814
Plans
to rebuild 814
2004 project
BiblioRedes site
Graffiti
problem
Contract with Mendoza (Argentina) system, 15/5/2004
New plan for Playa Ancha line, June 2005
Woman driver for 13 years!
Valparaíso Trolleybuses in Placilla
Los Troles Porteños en Placilla
Transporte Metropolitano Valparaíso ("TMV") plan
Drawing of / Dibujo de 814
Viña del Mar. Trolleybus project.
Newspaper
article, 22/5/2000
Newspaper
update 3/11/2000
