538 still in its orange paint from the ENAFER era (Pre FCCA) passes by the station at Jauja or as the Wanka people of the area spell it Xauxa

Bound for Huancayo, FCCA 538 and a companion exit tunnel 64.

Rollin along the Rio Mantaro bound for Huancayo.

at about 3000m above sea level, 1002 blasts up the 4%-grade on the historically highest railroad of the world. This bridge, back in the 1920ies, was the place of a head-on collision of two steam e... (more)

A Trains Unlimited charter train from Huancayo to La Oroya with ALCO 609 in the Mantaro Valley.

On the line from La Oroya to Cerro de Pasco, high in the peruvian andes, there is only one double switchback. The Trains Unlimited charter train just arrived in Zigzag Arriba, shoved by G22CW 538 ... (more)

ALCO 609 from 1964 is crossing Anche bridge on about 3490 metre a.s.l. on the peruvian central railroad with a TUT charter train. The 91 metre long bridge was built in 1908 by the American Bridge ... (more)

General Motors G22CW 538 of Cerro de Pasco Railroad with a charter train near the mining town of Cerro de Pasco on about 4300 metre a.s.l. The 132 km long line is now part of Ferrocarril Central ... (more)

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)

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)

Slowly grinding downwards towards San Bartolome.

Now, waht is left for our 6-car passenger extra, is the visible track, ending at a concrete block, which is already inclined, and behind which is NOTHING for about 200 meters in hight .....