International Railroad Discussion > Pedro Is Vale retiring smaller engines

Pedro, In another post you say Vale wanted more ES44ACi engines.  Are they wating to retire the smaller engines?

Hi, yes Vale intends to retire all G16, G12, BB36-7 and DDM45, and sell 100 old dash 9. They will be replaced by new ES44ACi with BB trucks and the Progress Rail electric yard switchers.

tomstp Wrote:
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> Pedro, In another post you say Vale wanted more
> ES44ACi engines.  Are they wating to retire the
> smaller engines?

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



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/20 19:38 by pedrop.

That is a bunch to get rid of.  How many engines does Vale have?

I thought Vale was going with SD70ACe-BB's? Are the new GE's the ES43BBi or a full size ES44 on BB trucks?

Thanks as always Pedro!

pedrop Wrote:
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> Hi, yes Vale intends to retire all G16, G12,
> BB36-7 and DDM45, and sell 100 old dash 9. They
> will be replaced by new ES44ACi with BB trucks and
> the Progress Rail electric yard switchers.
>
> tomstp Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Pedro, In another post you say Vale wanted more
> > ES44ACi engines.  Are they wating to retire
> the
> > smaller engines?
>
> Posted from Android

Vale liked the SD70BBs but they preffer GE.
We do not have details about the new model for while. I imagine it will be full size ES44 since Vale mainline accept all kind of locomotives.

zorz Wrote:
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> I thought Vale was going with SD70ACe-BB's? Are
> the new GE's the ES43BBi or a full size ES44 on BB
> trucks?
>
> Thanks as always Pedro!
>
>

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/04/20 10:41 by pedrop.