Ferronor Potrerillos - Llantas - Chañaral Line, Chile

A mechanic is constantly moving forth and back from the first unit to the second; He is waiving the photographers from the machine room of the first unit.
Also the line itself is spectacular, and new spots could be found virtually after ever corner of the valley.
Above Montandón, the line follows breathtakingly along mountain slopes and rock faces. To reach this spot about 200m above the foot of the valley, some drops of sweat were inevitable when hiking up there in the afternoon heat!
After climbing right to the upper edge of the cañon, the line passes the ridge in a short tunnel. This leads into a hilly landscape, where the line further climbs to Portrerillos, passing multiple loops and tunnels. Potrerillos today is an inaccessible, uninhabited ghost town. About ten years ago, the authorites decided that the environment was too contaminated for living there any more and relocated the whole population to other towns nearby.