International Railroad Discussion > VLI bauxite train M722 (Brazil)

Hi, today I photographed the rare bauxite train that pass through my town each two months. This time it had the prefix M722 and was leaded by one BB40-2 and two BB40T-2´s. Here are some pics.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/18 17:01 by pedrop.

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The train entering EVP yard. In the background, a couple of GE´s U20C and BB40-9W´s.

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

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The DPU

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

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The DPU entering the yard.

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

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The train at Km 631, waiting licence to enter ENG yard where it crossed with wood train C476.

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

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The train approaching the main crossing level at ENG yard.

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

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M722 Meeting C476 at the crossing level at ENG yard

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

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Speeding to start to climb the grade ahead...

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

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By the way:

fca 4830 is former Southern Pacific 8314.
VLI 4821 is former Rio Grande 5406
VLI 4817 is former Canadian Pacific 5627

All them arrived in Brazil in 2005 and were converted to narrow gauge by Vale mining to fca.

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

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A link to a video in Youtube will be posted here later.

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

Always interesting to view your images. Thanks.

Thanks, Pedro. That's quite the party deck on the 4800s. Gerry

great stuff thanks for sharing your photos

Thanks for sharing the nice set of shots.

Stanley Jackowski
Valrico, FL

I LOVE the dual gauge. I wish there was more in the United States. Only proves that NG is a viable way to go in places. Keep those photos coming...

On the trains in Brazil, with no caboose, do they have a electronic SBU (FRED) on the rear like in North America ?? Looked like the bauxite train had nothing on the last car. Doug

Pedro,
when the BB40s are rebuilt, it appears that the Dynamic Braking grids are removed?

KM

Km, the dynamic braking grids were relocated to inside the carbody and below the radiator fans



KM-ML4000 Wrote:
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> Pedro,
> when the BB40s are rebuilt, it appears that the
> Dynamic Braking grids are removed?
>
> KM

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

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Doug, VLI use a small device called DCA (in english you could say Automated Tail Detector) invented by its own engineers. The DCA check the air pressure in the brake system and send a message to the computer in the locomotive and also to the detectors along the tracks.
The pdf file in the link below explain how it works. It is in portuguese but can be translated to english easily with an appropriated program.


http://www.revistaferroviaria.com.br/premios/EDLP2011/dca-detector-de-calda-automatizado.pdf

Pedro

hoggerdoug Wrote:
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> On the trains in Brazil, with no caboose, do they
> have a electronic SBU (FRED) on the rear like in
> North America ?? Looked like the bauxite train had
> nothing on the last car. Doug

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

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The link to the video

//youtu.be/ejStNbSMy1Q

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