| Posted by Jeffrey Fusaro on February 1, 2007 | |
cool photo! love that paint scheme!
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| Posted by Adolphus Campbell on February 1, 2007 | |
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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| Posted by Nscalemike on February 1, 2007 | |
Terrific image...certainly an operation not seen or photographed very often.
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| Posted by Mike Bjork on February 1, 2007 | |
Nice to see those F40PH's get a 2nd life!
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| Posted by Mark Heidorn on February 1, 2007 | |
F40PH's seem to have a interesting second lives. Nice to see em.
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| Posted by Adam Weddle on February 2, 2007 | |
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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| Posted by Andrew J. Styles on February 2, 2007 | |
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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| Posted by Point Images (Bill Lang) on February 5, 2007 | |
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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| Posted by Jim Thias on February 6, 2007 | |
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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