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Perurail 756 & 752 arrive to Mollendo with their train of empty tank cars passing by a little castle on the cliff. These cars are going to be filled at the loadout just left of the picture behind the hill. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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Perurail 756 & 752 have arrived to Mollendo with their train of empty tank cars. These cars are going to be filled at the loadout just left of the yellow castle 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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Yo soy Claro - y tu ? is an advertisement for a popular mobile telephone company in Peru, often depicted with white stones on the flanks of hills. here, SPCC 31 & 33 pass such an over-simensioned billboard. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 32 & 61 on the highest part of the line. They roll through the center part of a long horseshoe-curve. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 33 & 31 , both a GP40-2 , work hard on the ~3% grade towards the mines. This place is about 3200m a.s.l. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 32 & 61 on the highest accessible part of the line, before the sun is gone ... 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 32 & 61 near the crossing of the Panamericana highway 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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at km 150, the engines work at maximum to get their train to the mines. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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around 150km away from the coast, the steepest part of the trip is under the wheels of the train. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 32 & 61 climb through the desert hills at km 38 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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pure desert ... and a lonely train ... 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 32 & 61 ( GP40 + SD70 ) pass by a hillside writing - "Jesus loves us" - at km 38 above Ilo in Southern Peru 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 32 & 61 have left Ilo, climbed about 150m onto the first "step", which is a plain before the ascend through the desert to Toquepala 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 61 & 32 slowly roll through Ilo, while a petrol truck has to wait. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 32 & 61 on their noontime return trip up to the mines at Toquepala 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 61 ( SD70 ) and 32 ( GP40 ) descend from the desert to the sealevel 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 31 & 33 ( both GP40 ) have rolled through Ilo and are now on their way towards the smelter. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 31 & 33 ( both GP40 ) roll down towards Ilo 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 31 & 33 above Ilo - the Pacific ocean in the very background 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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SPCC 31 & 33 ( both GP40 ) pass by a hillside writing - "Jesus loves us" - at km 38 above Ilo in Southern Peru 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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FCCA 1001 ( C30-7) just underneath the Galera summit tunnel. Note the visible line on the side of the mountains just above the locomotive. 
Rupprecht von Gersdorff

Peru / Various / Various

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