Movie set or reality?
Looks like it has been artificially set for shooting a movie. The train carrying gold and money will come and will be raided right there by the mobsters, because th... (more)

That would be the perfect vehicle for railfanning that line...

Oilfired steamlocomotive 206 of the Ferrovias Central Andino (FVCA) was built in 1937 by Beyer,Peacock in the UK and belongs to the wellknown "Andes" class. The freshly painted locomotive is pulli... (more)

ALCO DL-560B from 1963 is shoving a TUT charter train on the grade of about 4.0 % from Rumichaca Abajo (lower Rumichaca switchback) up to Rumichaca Arriba, a distance of about 1 kilometre. This ar... (more)

Bad weather on the Andes ... but a nice train to chase

The freight train bound for Cerro de Pasco enters the city of Junin. The obelisk-shaped monument represents a hand that holds a sword, with a mirador on top. It is called "Espada Husares de Junin"... (more)

Location: around Carhuamayo / Tambo del Sol, between Junin and Cerro de Pasco
Height: around 4150m / 13600 ft
The grey-blue color on top of the picture is not a threatening sky. It is a ... (more)

Two ex-LMX GE B39-8s went to the Ferrocarril Central Andino in Peru. Their heavy axle load does not allow them to travel on the Lima to La Oroya Line - that famous line that climbs the Andes, wher... (more)

The train is moving backwards, going away from the photographer on the twin Viso Abajo switchbacks. It is on the median level of the switchbacks. Then it will resume its journey, traveling onward ... (more)

ALCO DL-560B from 1964 (new prime mover 1972) with a Trains Unlimited Charter on the uppermost section of the peruvian central railway (Ferrocarril Central Andino) near Ticlio. The train is follow... (more)

JT26CW-2B 706 of Ferrocarril Central Andino was built in 1988 by Villares (later Gevisa) in Brazil for the Enafer Peru. The 2200 kW locomotive is standing in Chosica, about 30 km from Lima, where ... (more)

Jean-Marc Frybourg showed us some very impressive pictures of the Central Andino recently. In August 2001 a charter of Trains Unlimited Tours with ALCO 602 is crossing the Challape bridge near Mat... (more)

Climbing the Andes
This is high mountain railroading, standard gauge style, on a 4.3% grade. Picture shot between Casapalca and Ticlio around 4500 m / 14500 ft above sea level. So high ... (more)

Incredible! Would you imagine that a standard gauge mainline could be built in such a landscape? You would say that you can't believe it. I've seen it these days with my own eyes and I still can't... (more)

Incredible! Would you imagine that a standard gauge mainline could be built in such a landscape? You would say that you can't believe it. I've seen it these days with my own eyes and I still can't... (more)