cool photo! love that paint scheme!
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Thanks for the picture... I see these Locos every day on my way to my work. Soon will post some pictures of them in action on some cool locations here in Panama.
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Terrific image...certainly an operation not seen or photographed very often.
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Nice to see those F40PH's get a 2nd life!
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F40PH's seem to have a interesting second lives. Nice to see em.
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Very nice shot!
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| Posted by sd70railfan on February 2, 2007 | |
Paint looks similair to the old KCS
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| Posted by Nathan Trump on February 2, 2007 | |
Beautiful paint, and good shot as well.
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KCS owns PCRC. I had read KCS was changing over to a scheme similar to this, so they must be doing it on PCRC as well.
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PCRC is a joint venture of KCS and Mi-Jack (intermodal company) - the paint scheme is inspired by the old KCS Southern Belle colors. Not sure if KCS will give up on gray and red here although the new Southern Belle executive train is black with yellow/red trim. This shipment sent 5 ex-Amtrak engines and 3 executive coachs to Panama. The heavy lift ship cranes (2) can handle 200 metric tons each - F40 is roughly 150 tons.
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Wow, that would be quite an operation to see in person. Very interesting photo.
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| Posted by csx_tgc2 on February 7, 2007 | |
Great Railroad, i was in Panama 2 years in a row and being that i work for a railroad company, i got myself and a friend a cab ride in the 1857, The 47 mile Railroad runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific and it actually was the first true transcontinental railway completed 14 years before the US trans-con. The PCRC was totally rebuilt starting in 1999 with concrete ties and turnouts the entire route and all ribbon rail with practically no joints anywhere. The trip from ocean to ocean took about an hour. www.panarail.com
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