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Pages in category "Steam locomotives of Brazil" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Steam locomotives of Brazil (6 P) B. Broad gauge locomotives in Brazil (20 P) D. Diesel–electric locomotives of Brazil (31 P) E. Electric locomotives of Brazil (2 P) S.
Coronel Church, or Madeira-Mamoré No. 12, is a historic 4-4-0 steam locomotive of the Madeira-Mamoré Railroad, said to be the first locomotive in the Amazon. It is currently on static display in Porto Velho, Brazil. Named after Madeira-Mamoré engineer George Earl Church, the locomotive helped inaugurate the first part of the line on July 4 ...
Steam locomotives of Brazil (6 P) C. Steam locomotives of Cambodia (3 P) ... Steam locomotives of the United States (3 C, 255 P) V. Steam locomotives of Vietnam (6 P) Y.
Dona Joaninha or Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana 6 is a steam locomotive (with the uncommon 2-6-4 wheel arrangement) that is now on static display in Guarulhos, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Constructed in 1940, it was used to move sugar cane across Brazil until the 1960s. A scrap dealer purchased it around 1976, and it was then put on static ...
Brazil has one of the first steam-powered street railways and had the world's first steam locomotive designed specifically to work on the street. It had one of the world's first electric trams, Rio de Janeiro had electric streetcars before London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Lisbon and any other city in Latin America.
In all 58 locomotives were built for the railway. Baldwin built all but five, with three being built by American Locomotive Company (ALCo), and two in the railway's own workshops. These included the last locomotive acquired by the railway, a 2-8-0 constructed in 1920. Records indicate this locomotive was built for about half the cost of an ...
The Serra Viaduct, São Paulo's Railway, Brazil (Harper's Weekly, Vol. 12, nº 623, 1868).Daniel Fox's proposal for the railway line from Santos to Jundiaí including the incline system was approved by Brunlees and the São Paulo Railway Company (SPR) was established to build the railway system and operate it for 90 years. [6]