Two Dash 9 acting with DPU units on the tail of a train loaded with fertilizer, arriving in the city of Belo Horizonte, bound for the city of Uberaraba

Dash9 front of a train with wagons loaded pulp, past the Sitio das Flores neighborhood within the city of Governador Valadares

Dash9 front of a train with empty wagons of grain, that target the city of Belo Horizonte, where this train goes to the FCA to control the loading, crossing a bridge over the Rio Doce

A Dash-9W with 90 empty grain cars returning from Vitória (ES), is season of the grain harvest in midwest of Brazil, the traffic of grain trains is the same of ore trains (the main business of Val... (more)

Dash9 front of a train with empty wagons of pulp, passing through the bridge over Rio Doce with restricted speed for passing passenger train.

Dash9 forward an empty ore, which has the final destination, the city of Itabira over a bridge Rio Doce.

Over the last lights of the day a set of helpers waits for the next assignment at Horto Florestal Yard. In the distance we can see also a BB40-2 at VLI colors and GT26 (close to BB40-2) and a G12 ... (more)

1287 returning from piraqueaçu where it dropped off loaded cars with pulp, passing through the bridge over Rio Doce with reduced speed for a meet with the passenger train.

At west end of Horto Florestal Yard a helper set of Dash 9's from VLI push away your train while another grain train waits for the green signal to proceed. Notice the commuter train behind the gra... (more)

Building a new underpass to eliminate a crossing rail.

Some maneuvers with a set of Dash 9's at Horto Florestal Yard in a nice winter late afternoon light. The historic little station of Horto Florestal was opened at January 30th, 1925, serving to the... (more)

A new narrow gauge diesel for Vale Mining in Brazil sits on a TTX flat on the CSX interchange track.

Six new Vale narrow gauge units for Brazil await pickup in Erie.

I know very little about these 7 VL! engines except they are D9-40BBW's and wear a very unique paint scheme that to my knowledge has never been on a engine and is a new one to RP. I also believe t... (more)