DavidB-AU Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Does anybody know of a site (in any language) with technical/historical details of the passenger stock used by PeruRail? http://www.railpictures.net/photo/403579/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/550967/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/193057/ http://www.railpictures.net/photo/405235/ All I could find was a passing reference to the loco-hauled stock being built in Romania, but no details. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted June 8, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2016 The first DMU set has a rather Scandinavian look about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Rich Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 ^This Image 1 has hints of Hilding Carlson almost two Yp's joined together! http://www.jarnvag.net/vagnguide/yp Image 2 could be a Swedish 891mm gauge (Swedish 3') Y1. Check out image 1 lower down the page...Similar? http://www.jarnvag.net/vagnguide/y1 Edit - a quick scout of the net suggests they use some Swedish 3' stock - coaching stock look very similar in appearance with distinctive bogies. Even the yellow orange livery is the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Photo number 1 is pretty definitely Ferrostaal - see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coche_Motor_Ferrostaal_%28PeruRail%29_01.jpg for a kind of confirmation. Number 2 I believe is Swiss in origin, but could be wrong. The coaches are Romanian, though heavily refurbished by the look of things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 A few additions/corrections to my last posting... Found this website which states all railcars are either Ferrostaal (1966) or Bussing (1984) http://www.kellstransportmuseum.com/PeruRail.html I found another site suggesting that the Romanian carriages are 1982 vintage. The Hiram Bingham stock (photo 3) does look rather different to the normal Romanian carriages, so not sure of their origin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 Thanks for the leads. Found some pictures from the ENAFER days. http://www.trains-worldexpresses.com/800/834.htm Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 The coaching stock in the middle of that page is Cravens lightweight - distinguished by the angular tumblehome below window level. It mentions that the Hiram Bingham stock was formerly the Asian Orient Express, which is useful. The photos at the bottom are Bolivian stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 10, 2016 Author Share Posted June 10, 2016 It mentions that the Hiram Bingham stock was formerly the Asian Orient Express, which is useful. Not convinced about that. If by Asian Orient Express they mean Belmond's Eastern and Oriental Express, that's stainless steel and was originally the Silver Star in New Zealand. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Yes, must confess I can't find anything about an Asian Orient Express on the Internet and the NZ cars look very different. The Peru cars do look very different to anything else in Peru though - maybe secondhand from somewhere else? The loading gauge must be quite generous, as standard gauge diesels can have bogies swapped to run on the narrow gauge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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