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Presenting some train movies made by me, taken from my weekend tours around my region while looking and chasing for freight trains passing through, together with some friends of mine, through the eastern part of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. All the movies are in the .WMV format. Feel free to save them onto your computer, to do so please right-click and choose "Save Target As...". Enjoy!

07/09/2004: Here we see a GE C30-7MP #3704 owned by MRS Logistica emerging from tunnel 26, hauling a train with cement hoppers, going westbound to Manoel Feio's Yards, then to São Paulo city.
GE C30-7MP #3704-4 da MRS saindo do tunel 26, no Km 425+800 da Variante do Parateí, município de Guararema-SP, puxando um trem de cimento e outros, indo no sentido São Paulo para o pátio de Manoel Feio (Itaquaquecetuba-SP)

c307mp_3704.wmv - 2min 31s - 9.411 Kb



07/09/2004: GM SD-38 5124 is approaching tunnel 26 at full throttle, hauling its train loaded with steel goods, going westbound to Manoel Feio's Yards, in a very scorching hot day .
GM SD-38 #5124-4 se aproximando, em aceleração máxima, na altura do Km 425 da Variante do Parateí, município de Guararema-SP, pronta para entrar no túnel 26, com seu trem de produtos siderúrgicos diversos, indo no sentido São Paulo e pátio de Manoel Feio.

sd38_5124.wmv - 2min 28s - 9.311 Kb



18/12/2004: A GM SD-38 is approaching Cruzeiro Station, coming from Minas Gerais, honking the horn and hauling its train loaded with steel goods, heading westbound to the next station, Cachoeira Paulista, going straightforward to Manoel Feio's yards and Santos Harbour for export. Featuring excellent sounds of this 2 stroke engine passing through the station at full throttle, with some black smoke also coming as a prize.
A GM SD38 5136-8 aproximando-se da estação de Cruzeiro-SP, vindo do Estado de Minas Gerais, com o seu trem de produtos siderúrgicos, indo sentido oeste para Cachoeira Paulista-SP, destino Manoel Feio e daí para o corredor de exportação do Porto de Santos. O som hipnotizante deste motor 2 tempos em aceleração máxima e, junto com alguns rolos de fumaça, acabam fazendo um belo espetáculo.

sd38_5136.wmv - 1min. 46 sec. - 6.623 Kb



18/12/2004: MRS's GE Class C36-ME nr. 3806 is seen here departing from Cruzeiro's yards, hauling a super-heavy train loaded with iron ore for export, going towards the next station, Cachoeira Paulista, SP.
A GE C36-ME da MRS nr. 3806 é vista aqui partindo do pátio de Cruzeiro-SP, puxando um pesado trem de minério de ferro, indo sentido oeste para a estação de Cachoeira Paulista-SP, em uma bela (e quente) tarde de sol.

c36me_3803.wmv - 2min. 37sec. - 9.767 Kb


25/11/2006: I think it's the one of the best moments we have during our annual barbecue. We got a short ride outside in the couple of MRS's GE Class U23-C #3323 and #3329, from Cachoeira Paulista's yards and facilities, just to fetch a train with steel goods, cement hoppers and containers, parked approx. 1.2 miles ahead in the main line. It was certainly a very funny ride, we were overtaken by another train, we overtook the same train again, we passed in front of the old and wrecked station building, the coupling procedure, etc... in a very sunny and beautiful sunday morning.
Um dos melhores momentos do nosso churrasco anual de confraternização, realizado em Cachoeira Paulista-SP em 25/11/2006. Pegamos uma carona na dupla de GE's escoteiras U23-C #3323 e #3329, do pátio de Cachoeira e fomos rodando (e buzinando), com o objetivo de pegar um trem de carga mista (cimento, siderurgicos e fechados) que estava parado 1,5 Km á frente. Neste curto trajeto, houve muita diversão. Um trem de sucata nos ultrapassou, depois o ultrapassamos, passamos em frente ao majestoso (mas destruído) prédio da estação de Cachoeira Paulista, acenamos para as crianças que tomavam banho no riacho, a aproximação e o engate no trem, em uma bela manhã de domingo, com muito sol.

u23c_3329.wmv - 7min. 18sec. - 27.606 Kb





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(c) João Carlos Gonçalves, February 2007, São Paulo, Brazil