Some Brazillian YouTube

Some videos of interest (to me at least) found on the web. SA newbie so corrections and additional info welcome.

Rack and a vertigo inducing grade on the São Paulo Railway.

Meter gauge action on América Latina Logística:

Distributed G22 and slugs

Hammering up the Serra do Mar.

thanks for the links , interesting .
The diesel locomotives a similiar to the ones we have here , except ours have co -co bogies (6 wheels each , instead of 4 )

The last set were C-C. Export GM's (or licensed builds) are pretty much everywhere. The Brazilian roads are trying re-trucked and chopped (for weight and clearance) units from the second hand US locomotive market. Be interesting to see if they continue or go back to purpose built units. BB36-7 with new B+B-B+B meter gauge trucks.

The locomotives in the second video sounds very strange.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvoVC4LRgQ
Of course I am not a expert on locomotive sounds.

uhaul wrote:The locomotives in the second video sounds very strange.

Agreed. The solo units don't have the same sound. Maybe the slugs?