International Railroad Discussion > central railway of peru. locomotive number 1033 and 1034

general electric dash 8-40cw locomotives number 1033 and 1034 ex Conrail 6232 and 6081, ex CSX 7374 and 7311 respectively.
images captured 10/2022

---

---

Where were the photos taken?
Thanks

WP17

Beautiful dash 9. How many do they have?

Posted from Android

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

Why do the engines carry the names of individuals?

These photos were taken in the town of Ate Vitarte, east of the city of Lima, the capital of Peru.

Thank you, that railway only has 2 locomotives of that model, they arrived here in May 2020.

This is the shareholders of the Central Railroad of Peru (FCCA)

renf Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Why do the engines carry the names of individuals?

Henry Posner III is a former Conrail executive, and Chairman of Rail Development Corporation, which invests in domestic and foreign railroads.

Dave

Likewise, Bob Pietrandrea was the other founding partner of RDC with Posner.   RDC, along with some other investors, started FCCA back in the 1990s to operate the recently privatized line.

DavidP Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> renf Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Why do the engines carry the names of
> individuals?
>
> Henry Posner III is a former Conrail executive,
> and Chairman of Rail Development Corporation,

 

I always wondered what became of these units. Despite the grim, they look nice in that red and yellow scheme.

Thanks for sharing photos of those, I didn't realize they got that power. When visiting, it was interesting to see how the power was divided between the normal-clearance engines working close to Lima, and the highly modified smaller clearance ones working farther inland.

Those are Dash8s

pedrop Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Beautiful dash 9. How many do they have?
>
> Posted from Android