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    Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (British company name: Antofagasta (Chili) & Bolivia Railway or FCAB for short) is a private railway operating in the northern...
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    distinguished in the history of the railways of Bolivia: 1870–1900: Silver mining companies built their own railways for ore transport. 1900 and 1930: The...
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    between Chile and Bolivia. The railway line was inaugurated on 13 May 1913 and is the shortest line from the Pacific Coast to Bolivia. It is 440 km (273 mi)...
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    Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the...
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  • incomplete list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country. This list includes companies operating both now and...
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    the Bolivian delegation to help organize the Mixed Bolivian-Brazilian Railway Commission; until 1951, he served as delegate engineer of Bolivia in the...
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    by the British-sponsored Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway Companies, now Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia. The rail construction started in 1888 and...
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    The Bolivian rail network has had a peculiar development throughout its history. All railways in Bolivia are now 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Metre gauge.[citation...
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  • Japan Railways Group Hokkaido Railway Company Shikoku Railway Company Japan Freight Railway Company Expressways of Japan East Nippon Expressway Company Limited...
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    Bolivia and India maintain diplomatic relations. The Embassy of India in Lima, Peru has been jointly accredited to Bolivia since April 1981. India also...
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    Mariazell Railway Pöstlingberg Railway Semmering Railway – A World Heritage Site Schafberg Railway Schneeberg Railway Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia Ferrocarril...
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    Ferrocarriles del Estado (abbreviated EFE, lit. State Railway Company) is the national railway and the oldest state-run enterprise in Chile. It manages...
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  • trip to China in 2013, Bolivian president Evo Morales discussed with Chinese leader Xi Jinping the possibility of building a railway to link the Atlantic...
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    by British-sponsored Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway Companies, which is now Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia. The rail construction started in 1888...
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    Bechtel (redirect from W.A. Bechtel Company)
    utility partially owned by Bechtel in Bolivia, the company pulled out of the country and later filed suit against Bolivia for $25 million in losses. The claim...
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    largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River in the eastern Tropical Lowlands of Bolivia, the Santa Cruz...
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    del Sur (Peru Southern Railway), and was for a time owned and operated by the ENAFER state company. It is the third highest railway in the world after the...
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    Paz. Currently, the company "Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia" (FCAB) uses the railways to transport cargo to and from Bolivia, and also connects its...
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  • The China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG) is a subsidiary of the construction conglomerate, China Railway Group Limited (China Railway Engineering Corporation)...
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    del Chaco, Guarani: Cháko Ñorairõ) was fought from 1932 to 1935 between Bolivia and Paraguay, over the control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region...
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    Newfoundland Railway Company had built 92 km (57 mi) west to Whitbourne before going into receivership. The bondholders of the bankrupt Newfoundland Railway Company...
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    Mulatos-Potosí line, Bolivia, and La Galera station at 4,777 m or 15,673 ft, in Peru, being the next highest). The Qingzang Railway project involved more...
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    Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) or 1 metre. Metre gauge is used...
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  • Viva (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A.) (Balesia and COMTECO) Tigo Bolivia (TELECEL S.A.) (Millicom) BH Line (BH Telecom) HT Mostar...
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    control technology. German companies in Bolivia have invested in the following sectors: infrastructure (roads and railways), energy (conventional and...
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    Atacama Desert border dispute (category History of Bolivia)
    parallels. On 27 November 1873 the Antofagasta Nitrate & Railway Company signed a contract with the Bolivian government that would have authorized it to extract...
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    The Salta–Antofagasta railway, also named Huaytiquina, is a non-electrified single track railway line that links Argentina and Chile passing through the...
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    2-8-4Ts from the Antofagasta, Chile & Bolivia Railway. During the First World War, overseas orders dried up. The company, like many others, found itself employing...
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  • of the Sudan. William Wells, General Manager of the Antofagasta-Bolivia Railway Company. Arthur George Worrall, General Manager in Egypt of the British...
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    Kesselring convinced authorities in Bolivia that the best way to secure access to the Atlantic Ocean was through the Amazon. Bolivia had access to the Pacific Ocean...
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