SPCC 33 & 31 , both a GP40-2 , work hard on the ~3% grade towards the mines.

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SPCC 32 & 61 on the highest part of the line.

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

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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.

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SPCC 32 & 61 near the crossing of the Panamericana highway

SPCC 33 & 31 , both a GP40-2 , work hard on the ~3% grade towards the mines.

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.

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Frank Paukstat 30.3.2012 17:12

Great pictures from Peru, very nice!
Greetz Frank

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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at km 150, the engines work at maximum to get their train to the mines.

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

SPCC 32 & 61 climb through the desert hills at km 38

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

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

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

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

SPCC 61 ( SD70 ) and 32 ( GP40 ) descend from the desert to the sealevel

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

SPCC 31 & 33 ( both GP40 ) roll down towards Ilo

SPCC 31 & 33 above Ilo - the Pacific ocean in the very background

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