Meeting of giants on EFC. While empty ore train waits with Dash 9 #849 as leader, loaded iron ore flyies on opposite direction at 80Km/h... it was pretty nice to watch!

Loaded iron ore train right after depart Açailândia with three Gevos in charge... two of them working as DPU and not visible in a total of 15900HP's and 40000 tons of total weight.

Empty ore train sits at main#02 waiting for a meet to proceed in a very hot summer afternoon in northern Brazil. I can't wait to see the new SD80ACe's running good on these rails!

Empty ore train going 1% grade uphill bound to Carajás with a Dash 9 screaming strong in charge. The SD70M was trailing.

In the middle of National Forest of Carajás with my big friend and also RP contributor Nicolas Fagundes, we got this empty general freight train with gondolas, hoppers and tank cars (these last t... (more)

Engineer throttles up the SD70M (Dash 9 was trailing) after a meet with a loaded iron ore train at Siding #03. So nice to hear the sound of the 16-710G3C-T1.

After the crew change, an empty ore train prepares to depart from Joaquim Murtinho Yard with two big GE's in charge.

Over the last lights of the day a set of helpers waits for the next assignment at Horto Florestal Yard. In the distance we can see also a BB40-2 at VLI colors and GT26 (close to BB40-2) and a G12 ... (more)

After almost four months with out railfanning because of the rainy weather, it was a nice return to railfanning, for my surprise a nice SD40-2 pulling the first train I caught throttling up leavin... (more)

MoW train leaded by SD40-2 wearing the classic and sweetest CVRD's paint scheme preparing to stop for a meet with loaded grain train to proceed. That was the last time I saw a SD40-2 wearing the f... (more)

SD40-2 with a Dash 9 as light power sits waiting steel products train leave the yard to start it's maneuvers to built their train.

Maneuvers being made at Joaquim Murtinho Yard over a nice spring morning.

In a nice warm spring morning, U23C, SD40-2 and a C30-7 make some maneuvers at Joaquim Murtinho Yard to couple with it's train that few hours later will be bound to Rio de Janeiro state.

Duplex of Dash 9's working hard as helpers passing by the bridge over Pequiá River.

A lone SD40-2 still wearing the former CVRD paint scheme pulling a string of 28 loaded hoppers with iron ore heading to a local pig iron plant about 25 Km's ahead.