FCAB

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FCAB is the Spanish abbreviation for the Antofagasta–Bolivia Railway, a historic rail line linking northern Chile with Bolivia’s interior mining regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway company
railway line
abbreviationOf Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
connectsCity Antofagasta
connectsCountry Bolivia
Chile
connectsIndustry mining
connectsRegion Bolivian interior
northern Chile
country Bolivia
Chile
fullName Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia
gauge metre gauge
hasBorderCrossing Chile–Bolivia border
hasHistoricalRole development of Bolivian mining industry
development of northern Chile
hasInfrastructure freight yards
maintenance depots
railway stations
hasLineType freight railway
international railway line
mountain railway
hasRouteFeature desert crossings
high-altitude sections
mountain passes
hasTerminus Antofagasta
Bolivian Altiplano
linked to: Altiplano plateau
headquartersLocation Antofagasta
historicalSignificance facilitated export of Bolivian minerals via Chilean ports
isInternationalRailway true
isPartOf Bolivian rail transport network
Chilean rail transport network
linked to: Chile rail network
languageOfAbbreviation Spanish
locatedInContinent South America
notableFor linking Chilean ports with Bolivian mining regions
owner Antofagasta plc
primaryCargo minerals
ore
primaryUse freight transport
regionServed Atacama Desert
servesCity Antofagasta
servesSector mining sector
status in operation
trackType narrow gauge
transportMode rail
usesTraction diesel locomotives

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