FCCA's 1001 is making its way down from the pass (still at about 4500 m).
This FCCA train has just left the switchbacks of Casapalca and is now headed for Chinchan. In addition to the pain in the head (due to the altitude if you didn't have time to acclim... (more)
1008 and 1009 are on their way to the summit, pictured between San Mateo and Rio Blanco, where the line crosses the valley and the road over this steel bridge.
1001 is close to the summit now at about 4710 m a.s.l.
FCCA 1000 smokes it up as it pulls hard past the station at Tamboraque. Once the rear clears the switch the train will shove up hill navigating one of the many zig-zag's used to reach the summit a... (more)
FCCA 1012 with a loaded train of minerals downhill towards Lima
General Electric C30-7 1008 manipulate in Galera station, 4781m high
must be fun to ride this "mosquito" but quite fresh in the high mountain thin air ...
above San Bartolome
out of the tunnel - over the bridge - into another tunnel .... and all this with towering mountains, nearly vertical walls of stone and a very narrow passage for rail and road - this is transport ... (more)
Turning locomotive to right direction in Huancayo
1015 on the small bridge in the middle of the second level of the Balta double loops.
before departure, the engineer and the "safety-man" have a chat. These safety-men ride on one of the last cars of each train to ensure braking possibility if the train should tear apart.
the last sunray is for FCCA 1012 ...
FCCA C39-8 #1003 and C30M-3 #1001 sit idling buy the turntable at Matucana waiting for a crew to take them and a cut of cars down to Chosica