An empty coal train is storming up the grade towards the Rio Fiorita loading facility. In this area the vegetation looks very tropical.

In the warm evening sun, an empty coal train has almost reached the loading facility at Urussanga.

The Mikado 153-1M is arriving at the Morro Grande station with an empty coal train. After a short stop, it will continue its way to Urussanga where the wagons will be loaded.

The train has been loaded overnight with coal at the Urussanga loading facility. It is seen here returning home to Tubarao.

An empty coal train hauled by the Mikado 153-1M is on its way to the coal loading facility at Urussanga. A Bernd Seiler charter.

A heavely loaded coal train hauled by the EMD G12 #4267 has almost reached its final destination Tubarao.

Mikado 153-1M coming from Urussanga with a loaded coal train has to give her best to overcome this steep grade.

Mikado 153-1M with an empty coal train looks pretty small compared to the impressive wooden coal loading facility from Urussanga. This facility is still in use today.

Portrait of the Mikado 153-1M at the Retiro siding. This 2-8-2 steamer has been built by Alco in Schenectady in 1941 under the number 69445.

An empty coal train is ready to be loaded at the Urussanga coal loading facility.

The Jung Mikado #5 is shunting in the Capivari station, exactely as she did some thirty years ago when she was still in active service on the Dona Teresa Cristina Railway.

The 2-4-4T steam locomotive that is preserved in the Tubarao railway museum has been built in Cassel (Today Kassel) in Germany by Henschel and Sohn in 1912. I do not know how this German engine ca... (more)

The 0-4-2T steam locomotive that is preserved in the Tubarao railway museum has been built in Philadelphia by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924. I am not sure if this engine worked on the lines... (more)