Brazilian 2-10-4

[SPNGTyler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drquakTIPNw&feature=related'

Found this while browsing Youtube this mornin. Its a Meter Gauge (Basicly 3ft but not exactly) 2-10-4.
You can find alot more videos of it just by looking at related videos
Nice video of what it sounds like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTG0PYVaaR8&feature=related
All I have to say is HOLY SMOKES!
along with the wish someone could make this for trainz(meter gauge and is possible a 30in version)

And yes, I am fully aware I was being a gimmi pig. Let the angry comment begin:hehe:

 

[gtasa]

Awesome find.

 

[Sampug394]

If he hadn't mentioned Metre Gauge, you'd think it was an Engine running in the USA...

 

[gfisher]

Nice video.

 

[BobCass]

Tyler: What nice find..WOW

 

[UP5521]

magnificent find,these videos is a great way to remember these legendary steam engines!

 

[SPNGTyler]

Thanks yall. Its a shame that they were all basicly killed by sea air corrosion.

I also find it funny how in another video it mentions them getting diesels to replace the 2-10-4s, but they wernt as versitile as the 2-10-4s! Thats a first if ever heard of that. A Large steam engine more versitile than diesels.


EDIT:
From the same railroad, they had other amazing engines as well.
Here is one of some of the 2-8-2s (Baldwin built and some from Germany!) and a little of their 2-6-6-2s. My god why havent these been made for trainz?:udrool: :udrool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4VbPnJNB1o&feature=related

 

[daylightlimited]

*clipped*My god why havent these been made for trainz?*clipped*

Probably because its a lesser known railroad, that said I too would love to see this RR and its equipment represented in trainz, its rather unique and quite cool.

 

[SPNGTyler]

True. I never knew of this railroad untill I happened to see the video. In all honesty when I cliked on it at first, I thought it was Standard gauge USA, not Metre Gauge Brazil. For a line that hauled nothing but coal its whole life, it shure had some amazing locomotives.

 

[UP5521]

after all of that time,steam ruled the rails,that was the longest time they lasted after the rest of the world had dieselized,I'm still stunned on the decision to convert to those 'boxcars on rails with engines inside,that is not how to run a railroad,steam did the hauling job better!

 

[SPNGTyler]

This railroad would probobly still be around and running their steam if it wernt for the big flood that happened in the 70s.

 

[UP5521]

This railroad would probobly still be around and running their steam if it wernt for the big flood that happened in the 70s.

yeah thats true and the strange thing is only two branch lines survived that flood at that time!

 

[SPNGTyler]

Yea. Its a shame it was deemed to costly to rebuild and shut down.

 

[RooRocz]

Any word on the disposition of the locomotive?

 

[SPNGTyler]

From what Iv been able to put together is that all of the 2-10-4s became victoms of corrosion. I think all that survived from the railroad is a 2-6-6-2, and mabie a 2-8-2.

But I dont live in Brazil, so if someone has anyinfo, please correct me.

 

[nikos1]

R&R ran a nice article on the railroad a few years back with some excellent photos of the mallets and the 2-10-4's. I do remember reading that by the time the pictures and likely this video was shot, the 2-10-4's were in very bad shape and running on reduced boiler pressure to keep from having a boiler explosion.

Edit: Ben Neal has a nice looking 2-6-6-2 that looks close to the RFFSA ones, and the 4-8-4 wouldnt be a bad stand in for the Texas types.

 

[SPNGTyler]

Wow. That would have been pretty bad if a 2-10-4 hit the sky...

And yea, I know all about ben's engines...

 

[simulatortrain]

This reminds me of this one:

 

[SPNGTyler]

Brazilian Metre gauge= American Standard guage. You got to love how they had the largest NG locomotives ever.

 

[UP5521]

I'm still trying to figure out why replacing these powerful steam engines with these so called 'diesel locomotives' they don't have as much respect as the steam engines,you just can't look at a diesel the same way you look at a steam engine[that has been dominating the rails for decades and that is why they should be running instead of environment polluting diesels,I can understand the boiler problems but to bring diesels on to a railroad that ran steam did not solve their problem but made it worse!