The most beautiful railway in the world

Vetka Chanyaral & ndash; Llianta & ndash; Porterillos, connects the sea port of Canyaral with remote copper mines in the Andes, located at an altitude of about 2850 meters above sea level. The line was built 98 years ago by the company of the Andes Copper Mining Company, connecting a copper mine and a smelting furnace. Further, the branch connects with the main railway system of Chile and goes to the port city of Chanyaral. In the middle of the last century, the ore in Porterillos became very poor and the mines were closed. Nevertheless, the railway still works. Portillos delivers liquefied ore through a pipeline from El Salvador. Then, make a dry concentrate and send it to the blast furnaces.