The electric locomotive here called "V8", is a very similar version of the American GE EP-4. Used in passenger and cargo train services since the 1940s to 1948, they were "retired" in around 1998.
One GE B-B dubbed Mini-Saia, these locomotives were entirely built in Brazil in 1967 to the metric gauge of the EFS(Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana), in total 30 units were built, in 1971 the EFS was ... (more)