Ugly is right!
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Diferente (pra ser educado e não dizer: que coisa horrível!) - So, it is different (to be polite and don't say: horrible!) - Best regards from South Brazil - Curitiba, Parana
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THIS is "the next generation of progress?"
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Not ugly at all, just different.
I like it!
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Was this the demostrator unloaded in Chile (Huasco-Vallenar) together with the other 6 engines for FERRONOR? I seem to recall it had markings in Portuguese bur was numbered 4301 (http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=446834). If so, does anybody know how it made its way to the state of São Paulo? Unfortunately, I doubt it was by rail as both the Vallenar to Diego de Almagro (in Chile) and Socompa to Salta (in Argentina) sections are currently out of service.
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Looks more like a GE product to me. A modern U20C anyone?
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Fernando if you look closely it looks a lot like a GT26 steroids and not with a GE U20C.
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This locomotive was originally EMDX 4302, as we can see in the identification/dispatch card below the engineer cab and also visible in the FIRE screen. I don't know if it ran in Chile along with the 4301, being tested by FERRONOR. But the fact is that it came directly from the USA (Jacinto Port Terminal) to the Vale´s Tubarão Harbour.
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Thanks Rodrigo. I am under the impression that 4301 is no longer at FERRONOR. They only received one demostrator so I doubt it ran with 4302. Considering that 4301 had legends in Portuguese, and that FERRONOR received 6 unit of there own, there was no need for a demostrator. So, the reasoning was, that it was going to be broken-in in Chile, and then head over to Brazil. Question now would be were is 4301 currently?
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