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Maelstrom
Billowing smoke clouds and fire-breathing dragons rule the rails at 15,000+ feet, and the battle to the top of the Western Hemisphere pushes both the power and the physics of railroading itself, to its limits. FCCA C39-8 #1031 spews a maelstrom of black smoke as it emerges from tunnel #3 out of Galera on a double-header. The climb between Chinchan and the summit at Galera features close to a dozen tunnels and grades as steep as 4-5%. Combined with the extremely thin air of the Peruvian Andes, and it’s no surprise that stalling is commonplace on this section.
The 1031 is the ex-NS #8576 and was sold to Central Andino ~2008 where it has now served more than half of its life.
Maelstrom
Billowing smoke clouds and fire-breathing dragons rule the rails at 15,000+ feet, and the battle to the top of the Western Hemisphere pushes both the power and the physics of railroading itself, to its limits. FCCA C39-8 #1031 spews a maelstrom of black smoke as it emerges from tunnel #3 out of Galera on a double-header. The climb between Chinchan and the summit at Galera features close to a dozen tunnels and grades as steep as 4-5%. Combined with the extremely thin air of the Peruvian Andes, and it’s no surprise that stalling is commonplace on this section.
The 1031 is the ex-NS #8576 and was sold to Central Andino ~2008 where it has now served more than half of its life.