Late afternoon at "Capixaba land", empty ore train bound for Minas Gerais state, pulled by a Dash-9W and a rare Dash-8.
A Dash-9W with 90 empty grain cars returning from Vitória (ES), is season of the grain harvest in midwest of Brazil, the traffic of grain trains is the same of ore trains (the main business of Va... (more)
1287 returning from piraqueaçu where it dropped off loaded cars with pulp, passing through the bridge over Rio Doce with reduced speed for a meet with the passenger train.
An Ex Southern Pacific SD40-T2 rebuilt by Progress Rail to run in meter gauge. In Brazil, It's called "Titanic" due to the length of the platform.
It's rare to see these machines still working, it was great to see it running in "ferrovia do aço", despite being in a lightweight service.
Departing from TFA to Rio de Janeiro state.
Departing from Steel Valley to Belo Horizonte at 04:00 PM.
P002 switching line 1 to line 2 at RH63 running to Ipaba station.
Building a new underpass to eliminate a crossing rail.