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Background
In July 1999, the government of Peru awarded the privatization of Ferrocarril del Centro to a consortium led by RDC for 30 years. The second highest railway in the world (with China's completion of its new line to Tibet in 2005), it reaches the station of La Cima at 4818 meters (15,807 feet) above sea level and links the Pacific port of Callao and the capital city of Lima with Huancayo and Cerro de Pasco.

Other investors in Ferrocarril Central Andino ("FCCA") include Peruvian companies Juan Olaechea and Company, Minas Buenaventura, ADR Inversiones, and Inversiones Andino. 

The consortium began operations on September 21, 1999.

Operating Statistics

Statistics as of December 31, 2011					Major Traffic Flows
Length in Km.	Length in Miles	Annual Tonnage	Locomotives	Wagons	Minerals Fuels Cement Food Products
535	332	1.9 Million	28	732

• The toughest place to be a train driver
  9-Feb-2012, BBC News Magazine (PDF 646k)
  
  BBC Video footage (57:52):
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RspAcV5PbP0
  Follow UK Virgin Trains driver Simon Davies as he is taught to drive FCCA's freight train high in the Andes where it is possibly "The toughest place to be a train driver."
  
  
• FVCA Special Report:  Target: 12 million tons
  April 2010, Latin Tracks  |  Daniel Thomas  (PDF 9.2 MB)
  
  
• First impressions of a French railfan on the Ferrocarril Central Andino
  April 2010, Latin Tracks  |  Jean-Marc Frybourg (PDF 2.4 MB)
  
  
• Central Andino to invest USD 100 million
  February 2008,  Latin Tracks  |  Daniel Thomas  (PDF 83k)
  
  
• The Tren Macho
  Opportunities interviews Juan de Dios Olaechea
  Jan-Mar 2007  (PDF 882k)
  
  
• Climbing the Andes with dual-fuel power
  July 2006,  Railway Gazette International  (PDF 415k)
  
  
• Going full throttle
  Latin Tracks interviews Jack Roberson
  July 2005,  Latin Tracks  |  Daniel Thomas  (PDF 785k)
  
  
• FCCA Special Report: The sky's the limit
  July 2005,  Latin Tracks  |  Daniel Thomas  (PDF 502k)
  
  
• Peru runs breakthrough gas train
  17-Jun-2005,   CNN.com (PDF 27k)
  
  
• Special Report:  Doing good, in spite of the odds
  March 2004  Latin Tracks |  Daniel Thomas  (PDF 967k)
  
  
• Progress Report: Central Railway heads for the heights   
  February 2003,  Railway Gazette International  (PDF 903k)
  
  
• FCCA inaugurates passenger services 
  6-Aug-2002  (PDF 72k)
  
  
• Work's a joyride for rail renovation entrepreneur
  3-Feb-2002,    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  (PDF 55k)
  
  
• Two 'revolutionaries' attempt to pull Peru out of its statist past
  18-Nov-2001,  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  (PDF 58k)

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