On April 12, 2019 I had a long lay-over at the airport in Panama City. I hired a driver to take me around and we set up at the bridge in Gamboa. I was nicely set for a picture of the train on the ... (more)
Panama Railway Company F40PH 1858, City of Gatún, leads an excursion train at Pedro Miguel on the Panama Canal. Former Amtrak 358.
Panama Canal Railway's F40 locomotive leads a passenger train into the Atlantic Passenger Terminal in Colón.
#1861 (Ex Amtrak) in Colon station waits the passengers for a special trip to Panama city.
Ever seen the swarm of electric locomotives that guide and tow ships through the Panama Canal? These are the first two on this port side of a container ship; there are probably six others attach... (more)
Obviously a Paducah graduate, Panama Canal Ry. Geep 1855 had its nose in the sunshine at the Colon Shops on the north or Atlantic end of the line.
#1872 waits tha pass of the passenger train in Colon.
#1859 cab running at notch 8 with the passenger train at 46 mp/h.
PCRC F40PHs 1861 on commuter train laying over at the Colon station (Atlantic side) awaiting its return trip south to Panama City. This train is a push-pull operation with the 1861 on one end and ... (more)
PCRC F40PHs 1858 and 1862 wait outside the shops for their next assignments. The F40PHs are used on the passenger trains and on intermodal trains carrying refrigerated containers.
PCRC 1857 (ex-Amtrak F40PH) is just out of the paint booth at the shops near the PIT (Pacific Intermodal Terminal) yard.
#1859 waits the dispacher autorization to depart to P-I-T (Pacific Intermodal Terminal)
A nice lineup of clean FP40's at the Pacific Intermodal Terminal yard.
# 1859 waits the order from the dispacher to go to P-I-T with 50 vehicles.
# 1871 waits outside of P-I-T (Pacific Intermodal Terminal)
