#fcca

Perúvian Mountain Central Railway:

El Ferrocarril Central Andino (FCCA) locomotora #1024 rests the radiators — running dynamic brakes down to sea-level from the rare air of the Ándes mountains. The summit has no snowsheds, and only a ¾-mile tunnel, but at 15,807 ft — and, yes, 15,807 feet is 3-freaking-miles!!! — this is real railroading that demands every bit as much of a work ethic as the hard pull through Walong. Ever the hard-working lady, FCCA #1024, nee-SP tunnelmotor #8382, shows what a classically configured SD40T-2 looks like to be still pulling strong after all these years.

FCCA 1027 takes a spin around the famous turntable in San Bartolome. A small stream flows through the yard and the turntable is always filled with water, there are even fish living in it!

All turntables on the FCCA area manually operated and our whole traincrew helps out to spin the locomotive around the turntable. Despite the manual labor required the locomotive was turned with incredible speed, faster than most automatic turntables in the US!