International Railroad Discussion > Wabtech locomotive for Australia (Brazil)

Yesterday (09/27) afternoon, I went to Prudente de Morais yard (EPM) to take a look on the couple of new dual cab Wabtech locomotives undergoing testing there. They are part of a 17 units order done by CBH in Australia with Wabtech of Brazil. There are engineers and technicians from Brazil, US and India  in the team that are testing them. I use the drone to get some views while unit 202 was resting in the yard. Unit 201 was on the tracks undergoing the testings between EPM yard and ESL yard, this one just in front of EMD locomotive factory.

1) Top view;

2) It is long;

3) Radiator and cab.

 

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,

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4) One of the front ends;

5) The Cab;

6) Front view.

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



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7 - 8) Too many hoses;

9) What's that?

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

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10 - 11) The fuel tank is inside the frame;

12) Battery box.

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/25 05:55 by pedrop.

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13 - 15) The bogie details. Big wheels!

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

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16) The frame builder' plate;

17) It looks a Jeep face;

18) A night view.

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

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19) while I was there, the MRS pig iron train O782 entered the yard bound to Barreiro yard in Belo Horizonte city. Here it is the video.

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/25 07:51 by pedrop.

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#9-- hand brake.

That's a strange hand brake. Thanks.

Mike6640-2 Wrote:
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> #9-- hand brake.

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

20) Before I come back to home, I could watch the trio of U20C yard switchers coupling to the rear end of the empty log train  C675. The couple of BB40-2 yard switchers leaded the train and were heading to the Multlift Co. loading facility about  ten kilometers ahead.
 

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

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Not in love with yellow paint but----- it is visible.

21) I also took a look at the Multilift log facility and could watch the machines unloading the tri-section trucks. They use three machines to unload the trucks. The first one unload the last section;  the second one unload the middle section and the last one unload the first section. It is done in that way to prevend trucks lines inside and outside the Multilift Co. Each tri-section trucks carry 75 metric tonnes of log. They receive about 150 of those trucks a day there.

That's all.

Pefro

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

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Pretty amazing technology + brute force.

I was VERY disappointed that you did not fly your drone in through the cab window for a close-up look at the control stand... LOL.

"Railfaning" sure has changed a lot during the last decade.  Thanks for your time and effort, Pedro.

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/25 10:37 by E25.

Nice look at the new locomotive and interesting videos Pedro.

Larry

Thanks Larry

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> Nice look at the new locomotive and interesting
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> Larry

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

Thanks for the nice photos/video of the interesting narrow-gauge locomotives for Western Australia (CBH).  Here's the Wikipedia page for previous classes of their locomotives:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBH_class

 

Well, a friend of mine took this pic of CBH dual cab locomotive in Wabtech plant today. The painting scheme looks simple and not beautifull.

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

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Looks somewhat like a "torpedo Geep", with the torpedos slung beneath the frame instead of on the roof.

Hakk