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International Railroad Discussion > Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil)Date: 12/04/21 15:43 Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: pedrop Hi, today afternoon I visited Pedro Leopoldo town, about 15 km from my town. It is a very nice town where VLI has EWL yard. The old EPL yard and station are closed nowadays. So, we only see trains running at mainline. While I was there, the empty chemical train X761 passed through town bound to Bahia state.
1 - 2) Pedro Leopoldo station, from former Central of Brazil railroad (EFCB). Nowadays it is a library. 3) Old EFCB carpentry shops from the steam era. Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/21 15:53 by pedrop. Date: 12/04/21 15:48 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: pedrop 4) The crossing level lights;
5) X761 approaching the crossing level; 6) Crossing the road. Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/21 15:52 by pedrop. Date: 12/04/21 15:51 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: pedrop 7) Some tank cars for LAB;
8) The video. That's all for today. Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 You must be a registered subscriber to watch videos. Join Today! Date: 12/04/21 17:46 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: tomstp Couple of obversations: Tank cars are as big as the engines and the crossing signals don't work. From the looks of them they have not worked for a long time. Who is supposed to maintain them?
Thannks for the posting. Date: 12/04/21 17:57 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: pedrop The crossing signal was shut down but the cabin has a buzzer. Note the crossing has a cabin for a signalman 24 hours a day ( the guy with yellow shirt in the video). A bell in the cabin alert him the train is coming, so he stops the road traffic in time to the train pass.
tomstp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Couple of obversations: Tank cars are as big > as the engines and the crossing signals don't > work. From the looks of them they have not > worked for a long time. Who is supposed to > maintain them? > > Thannks for the posting. Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/21 18:03 by pedrop. Date: 12/04/21 22:37 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: Ritzville Very interesting series! Glad there is a crossing man to stop traffic with the looks of the crossing signals.
Larry Date: 12/05/21 10:49 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: stevelv Nice post Pedro. I really like those U20C's.
Date: 12/05/21 15:46 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: tomstp That is amazing they would pay a man to protect a crossing instead of working signals. Has to be more expensive to furnish 24 hours of a mans salary. I guess the reason it is so amazing to us in the U S is our railroads stopped manned crossings many decades ago.
Thanks Pedro. Date: 12/05/21 16:54 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: pedrop Some crossing are more dangerous than others and the town community ask for a better way to protect them since people obey more to a man with a flag in hand than a pole with flassing lights. That's why in some locations the railroads are asked to put a man and cabin. I know a few locations where we can see these guys protecting the crossing, not only on VLI system, but also on MRS railroad. In this thread you can see a man protecting the crossing in the MRS Centro line https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?6,5182770
tomstp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That is amazing they would pay a man to protect a > crossing instead of working signals. Has to be > more expensive to furnish 24 hours of a mans > salary. I guess the reason it is so amazing to > us in the U S is our railroads stopped manned > crossings many decades ago. > Thanks Pedro. Pedro Rezende Vespasiano MG, https://youtube.com/c/minasgeraisrailways1 Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/21 16:59 by pedrop. Date: 12/09/21 13:25 Re: Empty chemical train X761 (Brazil) Author: rbenko Great stuff Pedro - can't get enough of narrow-gauge freight on dual-gauge track!
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