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Rippin' the Rock Cut

Deep in the jagged wasteland of the upper Atacama Desert, SPC CJNILO rips through a deep rock cut at KM-144 with a quartet of standard cabs. In consist were both standard cab SD70s, an GP40-2, and one of the few remaining U23Bs. The 55 was being brought down from Cuajone Mine for servicing in Ilo—the same U-boat we caught leading the road trains in 2023 and 2024. We were relieved to see it given the current state of the GE fleet, and having been remarkably absent our first 5 days on the railroad.

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Uploaded on October 19, 2026
Taken on August 27, 2026