For forty years they chugged up the impossible grades and twisted switchbacks of the standard-gauge Ferrocarril del Centro, highest railroad in the world, starting at sea-level Lima and ending 206 miles later across the Andes in Huancayo, on the other side of a tortuous 15,692-foot pass. The question being- where could I get such a model for our friend Cesar? The "Andes" class 2-8-0 was one of the most famous locomotives in South America. He used to see this very locomotive often, hauling tourist trains on the renowned Lima-Huancayo line, highest in the world." Our client grew up in Lima before coming to America and making a name for himself as an outstanding violinist, music teacher, and HO collector.
" Good Lord, Holmes! Why would anyone want an HO model of a Peruvian locomotive?"
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