 The Puerto Armuelles side was shutdown when Chiquita decided return land to the Panamanian government, around 2008 the Changuinola side closed operations and sold railways and diesel-electric engines to a Brazilian company, some of this equipment is now in use in Eastern Africa.The railway system was impressive, covered from Sixaola to Almirante, including all Changuinola banana farms.In 2010, contracts were awarded for line 1 of a metro system for Panama City.