PCRC-Video of Panama Canal Railway's vintage train underway, June 14, 2010.AVI

This video is a longer clip of the Panama Canal Railway's M-F daily morning passenger train, as it rolls toward the Atlantic/Caribbean port city of Colon from Panama City. The train will depart Colon for the return trip to Panama City in the afternoon. The scenery is diverse, and the historic 160-plus year old rail line right-of-way of the Panama Railroad passes through large tracts of dense, natural jungle, and along much of the length of the Panama Canal. The PCRC has a usage concession to operate over the historic 1849-chartered Panama Railroad's right-of-way. The original 1850s Panama transcontinental rail line cost a whopping $1 million per mile in 1850 dollars! The private, New York-chartered Panama Railroad Company is 54 years older than the nation of Panama, which gained its independence from Colombia in early November of 1903. The amazing Panama Canal could never have been constructed without the Panama Railroad. Today, the fully restored classic streamliner passenger train still polishes the rails as trains, both passenger and freight, have since the 1850s. This train trip is a "must do" for train buffs new and old, and visitors to Panama.

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• Panama Canal Railway
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[rustym88]

I like the brightly-colored trains and the way these beautiful vintage passenger cars have been so nicely restored. I have tried to capture the 'wind-in-the-face' aspect of these open vestibule cars, something that is pretty well history and no longer found on modern trains these days. This train is an interesting, pleasant experience. The scenery is diverse, amazing and it is easy to see how difficult it must have been to construct the 1850s Panama Railroad right-of-way and tracks.

[Gvieto]

I know from personal experince that the Panama Canal train ride is priceless.