FLB
Friends of Latin American Railways
PR-Abteilung: Samuel Rachdi
Im oberen Gern 52
CH-8409 Winterthur-Hegi
Tel. +41/41/832.01.34; Fax +41/41/832.01.35
Email: fahrplancenter@fahrplancenter.com
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Three of the trams rebuilt by T'Trans
at Três Rios, at the workshop of the trams of Santa Teresa, Rio de
Janeiro. After the heavy accident they will remain there until being new
built and at least until early 2013
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VOLTA O TREM
Information Organ of the Association
Friends of Latin American Railways
16th Year, Number 1
13th February 2012
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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:
20th or 27th October 2012, 14 h 00
17th November 2012, 14 h 00
02nd February 2013, 14 h 00
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
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
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MEMBERS' MEETINGS
on Saturdays
On 20th or 27th Ocotber 2012, 15 h 00
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur-Veltheim
Pedro Posadas shows pictures from
the Railways of El Salvador
Way to the meeting see below
On 17th November 2012, 15 h 00
at Restaurant Sternen, Winterthur Veltheim
Sound and slide show
Günther Holle on
Railway trips in Mexico
5000 Kilometres across Mexico in 1966
Way to the meeting see below
On 02nd February 2013, 15 h 00
Annual General Assembly
at Restaurant Friedtal, Winterthur-Veltheim
After the meeting
more pictures from a Latin country
outside Latin America:
Photographs from Mocambique
(Bus No. 3 from Railway station Winterthur
in
direction Rosenberg as far as
Bachtelstrasse stop),
the restaurant ist just at the bus
stop
102 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 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.
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FLB INTERNALS
ITINERARY TO THE MEETING POINT
RESTAURANT STERNEN
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
ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON FEBRUARY 04TH , 2012
Eight members and one guest participated
at the Annual General Assembly, which took about one hour. After the AGA
Patrick Rudin presented pictures from the Philippines, a country where
Spanish is still widely spoken. The last sugar cane railways on Negros
Island, most of them now shut down, and a look at the Manila local transport
on rails were the themes. Like our friends in Latin America, the Philippine
people also find quick solutions for any problem. Because it wasn’t possible
to repair the blue steam locomotive, they repainted the black one in blue
overnight, to meet the visitors requirements. Thank you for these pictures.
All further decisions are following
here under.
MEMBERSHIP FEES
Despite of the inconvenient exchange
rates of Swiss Francs CHF and Euro €, the 2012 membership fee will
be maintained at CHF100.00 / €65,00. Depending on the rates' development
during 2012 it may be necessary to bring both fees closer together, for
example CHF90.00 / €70,00 in 2013. Members will be informed by the
end of 2012 and prior to the 2013 General Annual Assembly.
LATIN AMERICA NEWS
COSTA RICA
Bus companies of the San José region want
to cooperate with the state railway’s expansion plans and they want to
sustain a transport and fare union for the region. FEVE of Spain commenced
with detailed planning for San José’s electric urban railway, including
a line to Alajuela. Reconstruction of the San José - Cartago line
is 50 pct. complete. The "Tren a la Tica" tourist train is no longer running
to Caldera due to damages to the track and the bankruptcy of America Travel.
The new operator TRANSFECO is instead operating different tourist trains
between March and December, as in 2011, for example between Guápiles
or Siquirres and Limón or between Orotina and Cascajal; a program
for 2012 is not yet available.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Recent news are confirming that there are still three
sugar cane railways active in the Dominican Republic. Narrow gauge networks
in the Southwest at Barahona and East of Santo Domingo at San Pedro de
Macoris are using GE and Plymouth diesel locomotives. The biggest network,
with about 350 km of lines, originates at Central La Romana. The main line
stretches about 120 km north of the city of La Romana, and GE locomotives
are being employed. The harvest is taking place during 225 days from December
to June with frequent traffic; even level crossings are protected. From
July to November fewer trains are running, due to track and rolling stock
maintenance. Sugar cane is still cut by hand, but all other processes are
modernised. There is no passenger transport on these lines.
PERU
Confirmation comes from Danish sources that now
all four rail busses and trailers from the Danish Eastern Railway arrived
at Huancayo. It is not yet known if these rail busses are already running
between Huancayo and Huancavelica.
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OSCAR JALICE
For many years Oscar was a member of FLB,
but because he has no chance to participate directly on our activities
he ceased his member ship at the 2012 Annual General Assembly. But Oscar
will remain as our valuable Cuba correspondent. Thank you Oscar!
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