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Date: 02/25/25 16:21
Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: pedrop

During the construction of a new highway viaduct in Lapa, São Paulo, the contractor found the remains of some very old steam engines of former São Paulo Railway - SPR. The units can be models built in England in the 1860s. At least three units were found and more can be uncovered soon.
The link to the news in portuguese
Steam engines buried





 

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/25/25 17:47 by pedrop.



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Date: 02/25/25 17:06
Re: Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: GPutz

WOW!  Gerry

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Date: 02/25/25 17:26
Re: Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: cozephyr

Impressive find-!  Will these relics be removed to save them or will they be scrapped-?  Thanks for posting this unique find, Pedro.

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Date: 02/25/25 17:39
Re: Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: pedrop

They will be cleaned and saved in a museum.

cozephyr Wrote:
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> Impressive find-!  Will these relics be removed
> to save them or will they be scrapped-?  Thanks
> for posting this unique find, Pedro.

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

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Date: 02/25/25 17:43
Re: Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: pedrop

A video can be watched here https://youtu.be/sDxliNLs2OE?si=YdRg9kuyH6HZbz3w

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

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Date: 02/26/25 08:03
Re: Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: UP3806

Buried treasure, for sure!

Tom

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Date: 02/26/25 19:04
Re: Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: Ritzville

Very interesting and cool series! Lots of old history!

Larry

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Date: 02/28/25 11:49
Re: Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: Locoinsp

Wow! What a find! I'm glad to hear they will be saved and placed in a museum!

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Date: 03/06/25 17:38
Re: Old steam locomotives found buried in Brazil
Author: pedrop

Here are more three pictures of them.

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



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