SPCC 61 ( SD60 ) just above the port of Ilo in Southern Peru

(ID 10410)

FCCA 1001 ( C30-7) just underneath the Galera summit tunnel.

PeruRail 751 in the desert between La Joya and the descend down to the ports of Mollendo / Matarani

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SPCC 61 ( SD60 ) just above the port of Ilo in Southern Peru

Rupprecht von Gersdorff 18.03.2012, 744 views, 0 comments

EXIF: Date 2011:08:29 09:34:30, Exposure time: 0.003 s (1/400) (1/400), Aperture: f/14.0, ISO200, Focal length: 92.00 (92/1)

SPCC 32 ( GP40 ) and SPCC 61 ( SD70 ) work hard on their train towards the mines at Toquepala

there is a clown on the point of this re-gauged ( 1435 to 1000mm ) ex US-american SD40-2 !

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No, this is not Puente Verrugas but PUENTE CARRION, it is the biggest bridge on the Ferrocarril Central. and : it carries much more than 60 tons - FCCA 1012 has easily 200 tons alone... 
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Below Matucana, on the Balta-Loops, FCCA 1012 exits the last tunnel of the loop-section 
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Below Matucana, on the Balta-Loops, FCCA 1012 rolls above a tiny bridge before entering the next tunnel. 
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Matucana : FCCA 1009 waiting for the next train 
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FCCA 1015 ( C39-8 ) on the descend from Matucana down to the Port of Lima / Callao.

SPCC 32 & 61 in the upper section of the line to Toquepala at around 2800m a.s.l.

FCCA 1001 ( C30-7 ) in the switchback just above Casapalca ( ~4300m a.s.l.

FCCA 1001 in the flanks of the Andean Mountains, just underneath the Summit at Galera.

PeruRail 752 and 754 lead their loaded tank car train through the Altiplano of the Andes at around 3800m a.s.l.

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