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International Railroad Discussion > Restoring the tracks (Brazil)Date: 01/03/20 05:25 Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: pedrop My friend Rony who lives in Goiania, GO took these pics of train V043 distributing new cross ties in a section of tracks abandoned since 2018. The location is between Senador Canedo (ECD) and Bonfinopolis (EBF), both in Goias (GO) state. These tracks were abandoned after VLI ends with fuel trains contracts with Petrobras (petroleum Co.) to serve Goiania with fuel. Now they did a new contract and the D trains (petroleum derivates) will start again in those tracks.
1 - 3) The U20C leading the consist run backwards at 10 km per hour in the old tracks. Posted from Android Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/20 07:14 by pedrop. Date: 01/03/20 05:35 Re: Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: pedrop 4 - VLI 3856 is wearing an old special painting.
5 - 6 Unit 3902 cross the road while the train moves backwards. Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 01/03/20 05:38 Re: Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: pedrop 7 - 9 The train moving backwards starts to cross the road after the chief of the gang crew closes the road.
Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 01/03/20 05:41 Re: Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: pedrop 10 - The train cleared the road and disappears in the forest
11 - A view of the tracks Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/20 05:42 by pedrop. Date: 01/03/20 11:16 Re: Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: tomstp Hard to find the track in some of the photos. I bet the engines slipped a lot on the weed covered track. And, replacing ties in all that grass would not be fun either. Still amazed that the railroads in Brazil don't control the weeds.
Date: 01/03/20 13:29 Re: Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: jcaestecker A weedburner would do the trick -- and probably take care of the ties also!
-John Date: 01/03/20 13:53 Re: Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: pedrop They use chemical to control the weed, but they are prohibited in some locations, specially near rivers. Another point is that in tropical lands like here the rains are more effective to the growth of the weeds than the poisons to kill them.
jcaestecker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A weedburner would do the trick -- and probably > take care of the ties also! > > -John Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Date: 01/03/20 15:28 Re: Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: tomstp Well, it didn't seem to bother those weeds.
Date: 01/03/20 20:42 Re: Restoring the tracks (Brazil) Author: cabsignaldrop Neat photos! I love to see a line coming back to life.
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