International Railroad Discussion > VLI Divinopolis shops (Brazil)

The main locomotive and freight car shops of VLI narrow gauge system is located in the city of Divinopolis, MG. The shops are from former Rede Mineira de Viação (RMV), later Rede Ferroviaria Federal S.A (RFFSA,) railroad.
The pics are from My friends Everton Cabral and Guilherme Soares.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/18/18 14:49 by pedrop.

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A couple of views of Divinopolis yard near de shops. It has the code EDV in the VLI system.

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

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Nice ! Thanks for sharing!!!

Very cool. In the third photo, I like the track inspection car....i wonder if it for sale....

No, that car is not for sale. But it is not difficult to find some in scrap yards.

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> Very cool. In the third photo, I like the track
> inspection car....i wonder if it for sale....

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

Thanks,
I LOVE seeing other parts of the world.

Uncle Joe
Seffner,Fl.USA

Excellent pictures Pedro.

Nice pics.

Google map/aerial photo here.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-20.1501735,-44.8936131,577m/

What's the heritage of that orange C30-7 in pics 3 and 4?

Ted in OR

That is a BB36-7 wearing fca orange livery. Fca is the company that has rights to operate the tracks. VLI is a Logistic company that manage fca.


gobbl3gook Wrote:
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> Nice pics.
>
> Google map/aerial photo here.
> https://www.google.com/maps/@-20.1501735,-44.89361
> 31,577m/
>
> What's the heritage of that orange C30-7 in pics 3
> and 4?
>
> Ted in OR

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

Hi Pedro,

Do you know what the US number and owner was of the BB36-7?

Just curious,
Ted in OR

fca 7493 is former ATSF B36-7 7493. The pic below shows it when arrived in Brazil. It was the ugliest locomotive in the BB36-8 fleet. It is the only locomotive in the 74xx series to receive the fca orange livery.

gobbl3gook Wrote:
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> Hi Pedro,
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> Do you know what the US number and owner was of
> the BB36-7?
>
> Just curious,
> Ted in OR

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



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/20/18 17:39 by pedrop.

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1 - 7493 at EDV shops. Pic by Gilcimar Oliveira de Lima;

2 - 7493 at Uberlandia, MG. Pic by Johannes Smit.

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

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mmmmmmmm
NOW WHO PUT THE .G GAUGE ON TO THE n SCALE TRACK

Fascinating -- thanks for the reply and photos.  

Here's a few of ATSF 7493 from a Google image search

http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr1385.htm
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2098242

Excellent images, thanks for posting!

Pedro,

I know that ALL stands for Atlantico Logistica Latina, but what does FCA stand for and who are they? Very similiar to FCA (Bolivia) and FCA (Peru)..

Dale Brown

FCA here stands for Ferrovia Centro Atlântica. It is a group of companies that got the rights to operate the biggest narrow gauge network in Brasil linking six states in the northeast and southeast. Nowadays fca is managed and operated by VLI, a new company created by Vale mining to manage all other cargos but ore and coal in its tracks.
Pedro

DWBrown Wrote:
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> Pedro,
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> I know that ALL stands for Atlantico Logistica
> Latina, but what does FCA stand for and who are
> they? Very similiar to FCA (Bolivia) and FCA
> (Peru)..
>
> Dale Brown

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

I hope Latin America doesn't get any more FCA logo railroads, It is getting harder to tell which is what country and gauge. 

Thanks for the answer. 

Dale

In Brazil, it will be difficult to see a new fca logo since VLI added its own logo on fca rolling stock. But there are many old locos and freight cars still using fca logos. They will be removed as they enter to the shops for maintenance.

pedro

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> I hope Latin America doesn't get any more FCA logo
> railroads, It is getting harder to tell which is
> what country and gauge. 
>
> Thanks for the answer. 
>
> Dale

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