International Railroad Discussion > Vale ore trains

Hi, some pics of the great Vale EFVM - Vitoria a Minas railway - narrow gauge system.

1) BB40-9W 1161 working as DPu ina mixed train of coal and empty ore cars passing through VDD yard on November 5th, 2016.

2) BB40-9W´s 1309 and 1300 leading the same train of picture 1;

3) Another view of BB40-9W 1161 passing through VDD yard.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,

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Interesting. Thanks for possting the photos.

KG

Thanks Pedro. I didn't realize that they had DPU capability down there yet. Now I know.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Hello to you all .
I like to ask if someone got the TON of the load for them ,
cars to carry yours snoopy

Vale narrow gauge cars can carry 75 to 85 metric tons (75,000 to 85,000 kg) of ore. The gross tons are 100 to 110 per car. The broad gauge cars can carry 135 metric tons each, totaling 110 tons of ore per car. Narrow gauge trains usually have 160, 240 or 320 cars, depending of the mine served. Broad gauge trains run with 440 cars as standard nowadays.

Pedro

snoopy51 Wrote:
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> Hello to you all .
> I like to ask if someone got the TON of the load
> for them ,
> cars to carry yours snoopy

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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

440 cars on the broad gauge trains? Wow.

pedrop Wrote:
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> Vale narrow gauge cars can carry 75 to 85 metric
> tons (75,000 to 85,000 kg) of ore. The gross tons
> are 100 to 110 per car. The broad gauge cars can
> carry 135 metric tons each, totaling 110 tons of
> ore per car. Narrow gauge trains usually have 160,
> 240 or 320 cars, depending of the mine served.
> Broad gauge trains run with 440 cars as standard
> nowadays.
>
> Pedro
>
> snoopy51 Wrote:
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> > Hello to you all .
> > I like to ask if someone got the TON of the
> load
> > for them ,
> > cars to carry yours snoopy
>
> Posted from Android

Hi, a video showing how Vale is upgrading the tracks to receive these big trains composed of sections of 110 cars.

https://youtu.be/fz4qyVwuBro

Pedro


zorz Wrote:
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> 440 cars on the broad gauge trains? Wow.
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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

Massive ore trains! Very cool. Love it!

SantaFeRuss

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Nice photos--really like the composition in #1--I too didn't realize you ran DPUs
Brian Stevens

Hi, yes DPU units are used by brazilian railroads since a long time ago.

SCKP187 Wrote:
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> Nice photos--really like the composition in #1--I
> too didn't realize you ran DPUs
> Brian Stevens

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

1) A meeting at VDD yard (Dsembargador Drumond). A couple of DDM45´s leading an iron ore train eastbound to the Tubarao port, while GE BB40-8 and DDM45 874 lead a westbound coal train to Belo Horizonte;

2) Two ore trains running in the same direction passing through VDD yard;

3) Empty ore leaving VDD yard bound to the mines.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1

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Thanks for posting these.  I spent some time in Minas Gerais in the early 1960s (my dad helped build power plants for GE) but I was too yhoung to remember anything.