International Railroad Discussion > A new book: Brazilian Sugar Cane Railways

Hi, a new book on trains was released by my friends of "Memoria do Trem" group. The Brazilian Sugar Cane Railways cover the privated railways inside sugar cane plantations in Brazil. The book is a bilingual Portuguese and English edition. For while, only the digital version is on sale because the cost of printed edition is very high nowadays. A list for the printed edition is provided in the website for those who wants  to patronage the printed version.
More information on how to purchase your copy,  use this link [url=http://FCANA – Memória do Trem https://share.google/tq1cdmVB3Uau58C1u]BRAZILIAN SUGAR CANE RAILWAYS[/url]

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,

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Thanks for the headsup on the new book Pedro. Should be a good read. Still lots of cane railroads down here in Queensland. Think it is all 2ft gauge. 
Regards,DK

Hi Dkay,
Interesting to know there are sugar cane rr in Queensland nowadays. I imagined they were gone long ago.


DKay Wrote:
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> Thanks for the headsup on the new book Pedro.
> Should be a good read. Still lots of cane
> railroads down here in Queensland. Think it is all
> 2ft gauge. 
> Regards,DK

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

There are sixteen sugar mills in Queensland with cane railway systems. Fifteen have 2'0" (610mm) gauge networks and one has a 3'6" (1067mm) gauge network. The largest locomotives weigh 44 tons (40 tonnes) and the sugar cane bins have a capacity ranging from 4.4 tons (4 tonnes) to 16.5 tons (15 tonnes). The cane bins do not have brakes, but many trains (particularly those operating in hilly country) have radio-controlled brake wagons on the rear. Several networks have used radio-controlled remote locomotives to allow longer and heavier trains to be run, but today only two networks use remote locos. Many locomotives are operated with remote-control equipment, with the driver working alone, delivering and collecting cane bins and performing shunting duties.