Ilo – Toquepala – Cuajone railway line
| Ilo – Toquepala – Cuajone | |
|---|---|
| Route length: | 214 km |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
The Ilo – Toquepala – Cuajone railway is a standard-gauge railway in southern Peru . It is operated by the Southern Copper Corporation and is used exclusively for freight transport from the port city of Ilo , where the copper smelter is located, to the Toquepala and Cuajone opencast mines .
The track length is 214 km, the total length of the tracks 257.8 km. The operation is carried out with locomotives of the classes EMD SD70 , EMD GP22ECO and GE U23B .
The 29 km branch from El Sargento to Cuajone runs mainly in tunnels. Tunnel # 4 is 14.724 km before the Mount Macdonald Tunnel, the longest rail tunnel in America. The other tunnels have lengths of 3,506 m (# 1), 5,384 m (# 2), 990 m (# 3) and 2,323 m (# 5).
South portal of tunnel # 4
South portal # 4
On an inspection drive in the tunnel
Investigation of a rail fault
Around 5 million t of goods are transported every year. The earthquake off Peru in 2001 , the track was damaged.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Egúsquiza Economistas: Ferrocarril Toquepala-Cuajone-Ilo. In: INFRAESTRUCTURA PERUANA (blog). November 18, 2014, accessed August 7, 2016 .
- ^ Form 10-K 2006 from Southern Copper Corporation
- ↑ Túneles Ferroviarios de la SPCC. In: Trenes del Perú (blog). July 24, 2012, accessed August 7, 2016 .
- ^ A b Curtis Edwards, Mark Yashinsky, William Byers: Highways and Railroads . In: Earthquake Spectra . tape 19 , S1, January 1, 2003, pp. 97-114 , doi : 10.1193 / 1.1737253 .