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

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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

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

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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 19.03.2012, 893 views, 0 comments

EXIF: Date 2011:08:29 12:38:27, Exposure time: 0.002 s (1/500) (1/500), Aperture: f/13.0, ISO200, Focal length: 87.00 (87/1)

SPCC 32 & 61 on their noontime return trip up to the mines at Toquepala

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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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