[Photoplug] Dona Teresa Cristina Railway, Brazil, 1976

Here are 31 Les Tindall photos of this metre gauge coal-carrying line in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Including branches it is 164km long, and runs from mines in the south of the state north through Esplanada, Tubarao, its operating centre, and then Capivari to the port of Imbituba. The section north of Capivari was reported out of use in 2012; the rest was dieselised.

It was steam-worked until the 1980s, and was famous for its mighty 2-10-4s. They weighed 158 tonnes and were probably the biggest locos ever to run on metre gauge tracks.

The photos also include four British-built locos, including two Manning Wardle 0-6-0Ts. They had worked on the Davington Light Railway in Kent, and were sold to Brazil after the war when the railway closed.

https://andrewstransport.smugmug.com/Brazil-trains/Dona-Teresa-Cristina-Railway/i-jQ6Smqb

Cheers

Andrew N