Railways in Brazil
Our friend Alistair sent us a wonderful link with all kinds of interesting information about railways in Brazil. Here is a story about one train.
"n the jungle, abandoned thirty-four years previously by the pioneers of one of the earlier attempts, there was found a locomotive where the men had left it before they staggered away to die. The forest had the locomotive in its clutches; a tree grew from the funnel, vegetation sprouted in the firebox, and insects had made their home in the cab. The discoverers had the derelict hauled to the new depot, where mechanics took it in hand and repaired it. Since then, up to the time of writing, it has been in regular service for nearly a quarter of a century, which is probably a record for a locomotive that was lost for more than thirty years."
"n the jungle, abandoned thirty-four years previously by the pioneers of one of the earlier attempts, there was found a locomotive where the men had left it before they staggered away to die. The forest had the locomotive in its clutches; a tree grew from the funnel, vegetation sprouted in the firebox, and insects had made their home in the cab. The discoverers had the derelict hauled to the new depot, where mechanics took it in hand and repaired it. Since then, up to the time of writing, it has been in regular service for nearly a quarter of a century, which is probably a record for a locomotive that was lost for more than thirty years."
posted by Monkey at
6:12 AM
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I'm going to try and get some photos of the train station in Recife and a couple of the trains there. I was going to take them last week, but I didn't have time. I shall ask a friend to do it for me.
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Hypersonic, at 12:44 PM
Hi Alistair,
Thanks for visiting my blog. I'm home sick today. My mom showed me the trains in Brazil. Brian said that maybe one day we will go to Brazil and visit you.
(This is Beck's mom... Brian is Calzone, just so you know who Beck is talking about.)
Beck
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Monkey, at 3:16 PM
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