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Another Classic Preserved Pacific in Steam in Brazil

Sergio Martire writes:

This is an old lady (Baldwin 1925) that works on a new line that we opened on May 20th 2000, from the city of S.Lourenço to the city of Soledade on the former Rio and Minas Railroad, then Rede Sul Mineira de Viação, Rede Mineira de Viação and Centro Oeste, in the state of Minas Gerais near the city of Cruzeiro. We transported 332 and 4 wooden coaches by truck, about 60 Km up hill, since the railroad was closed by rain storms that washed away the line. No passenger trains had run between S. Lourenço and Soledade for 22 years and no freight trains for 18 years.

Loco 332


Rob Dickinson

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