International Railroad Discussion > Grain J340 at Km 625 (Brazil)

Hi, today morning I found grain train J340 at Km 625 waiting licence to go ahead. A friend of mine was the engineer and he invited me to the cab while he was waiting the licence to come to the computer on board. Locomotive 1270 is special to me since it was my number in the Air Force academy when I started my military career.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,

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J340 had 90 covered hoppers of soybean

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

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The throtle and the view of the tracks at Km 625.

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

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Nice images. Couple of questions. Image 1, what is that hose hanging down from the top of the nose, and is the white dome a GPS antenna. Image 5, I know what the two screens are on the left, what is the other box in front with switches and knobs ?? Are these locos DPU equipped ?? thanks.
Doug

Ah, 2 more questions, image 5, what are the boxes above the two screens. I can't really see much of one, the other one looks perhaps a pace-setter screen / control. Curious about the other in front of the window. Doug

Hi, the hose is the wiring to the gps antenna.
The box you mention is the ATC - Automatic Train Control pannel, used by Vale only. VLI do not use atc; it uses OBC - On Board Computer.


hoggerdoug Wrote:
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> Nice images. Couple of questions. Image 1, what
> is that hose hanging down from the top of the
> nose, and is the white dome a GPS antenna. Image
> 5, I know what the two screens are on the left,
> what is the other box in front with switches and
> knobs ?? Are these locos DPU equipped ??
> thanks.
> Doug

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

Hi, the small box is the MCI - Integrated Controler Module, that receives information from the EOT and send to the locomotive and dispacher.
The computer screen seen partially is the OBC system.
I will try to get better photos soon.

hoggerdoug Wrote:
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> Ah, 2 more questions, image 5, what are the boxes
> above the two screens. I can't really see much of
> one, the other one looks perhaps a pace-setter
> screen / control. Curious about the other in front
> of the window. Doug

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/21/18 18:00 by pedrop.

That is the same screen the Conrail -8's had,not a engineers favorite, top is equalizing reservoir, brake pipe below that, brake cylinder pressure on the bottom, air flow looks good on that train Pedro!

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