International Railroad Discussion > Cement train O772 (Brazil)

Today morning I met the MRS cement train O772 passing through the yard here in town. It had a few box cars for cement in bags, a bunch of TPR class cars for bult cement and many empty HAT class hoppers that brought slag to former Holcim cement factory, now owned by CSN group.

1) MRS C44-9W 3933 leads the train;

2) Train O772 on Main 1, while VLI U20Cs rest on Main 3 with a consist of empty containers for limestone;

3) TPR class cement cars wearing the former Holcim livery.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,

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4) A lonely Arcelor Mittal hopper between many MRS ones;

5) EVP yard;

6) The video.

That's all for today. Enjoy!

Pedro

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

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Love those cement  hoppers. Looks like an HO model 
gone awry because of trying to soften the plastic for some
dented - weathering - in-use conditions.
George Andrassy     



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/09/25 19:15 by Auburnrail.

I like those 5 box cars.  Don't see many of those.

Thank you for sharing these photos and video, Pedro.

I agree that the bulk cement tank cars are really interesting. I don't recall seeing cars like this previously. It looks like someone dropped a beam on top of a tank car causing it to buckle in the middle before subsequently sawing off the bottom and mounting it on a flatcar.

The cement tank cars are not mounted on a flat cars. They have a frame special made for them. They are classified here in TPR and TPS for broad gauge, and TPD for narrow gauge. The "T" stands for Tank. "P" means it transports products that are unload by pressurized air . "R" and "S" means maximum load of 65 cubic meters and 100 gross tons. "D" means 49.5 cubic meters and 80 gross tons.

7) Note the tube for unload  cement. It connects to a pipe system that transfer the cement direct to the silos;

8) Liz trucks have the same profile of the tank cars;

9) Liz TPS class cement car.

broken_link Wrote:
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> Thank you for sharing these photos and video,
> Pedro.
>
> I agree that the bulk cement tank cars are really
> interesting. I don't recall seeing cars like this
> previously. It looks like someone dropped a beam
> on top of a tank car causing it to buckle in the
> middle before subsequently sawing off the bottom
> and mounting it on a flatcar.

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



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/25 16:24 by pedrop.

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10) MRS also have a fleet of HES covered hoppers for cement in partnership with Tupi Cement Co.

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

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Nice photos and video Pedro.  Liked the Parrot at the beginning of the video.

Gary