| Posted by Kibu on August 20, 2014 | |
Not sure the gauge they run in Mozambique, but given the low coupler and swing mounting, I'm guessing it's a narrow gauge. Probably the cape gauge.
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Wow, that's quite a consist and payload. Great capture. Thanks for sharing!
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I'm happy to see this shipment. Mozambique has been harried with conflict for so long, hopefully this is a sign of better times to come.
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Mozambique? Wow. Those may be some of the nicest locomotives in Africa right now. Seems like these former Portuguese colonies (Mozambique, Brazil) get some of the most colorful locomotives.
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Mozambique have narrow gauge, the operator Vale of Brasil in first time send to there some EMD DDM45 and GT26, them bring back again the DDM45.
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They're cape guage. Integrated Nacala Logistics Corridor (CLN), is a consortium that is 80 per cent owned by the Brazilian mining giant Vale, and 20 per cent by Mozambique's publicly owned port and rail company, CFM. These are for a new coal mining venture.
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Yes, these units were ordered by Vale to its project of coal in Mozambique
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Come on guys, photos of prior CLN shipments over the last 3 months on most US railfan sites, including this. Above photo is Tranche 4 of at least 8 shipments of 10 locos. Just Google CLN
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Very well done capture of these in transit units!
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Drop dead awesome!
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