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U20C
Products > Locomotives > U20-C The U20-C locomotive was chosen by FRATESCHI due to its growing popularity on Brazilian railways over the last ten years. Just as General Motors’ G-12 was considered in 1956 as the ideal choice for railroads in developing countries due to its favorable cost-performance ratio, the U20-C has become one of these general purpose locomotives , used…
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Products > Locomotives > FA-1 The FA-1 dates back to the early 1940s, when the American Locomotive Co. (ALCO) decided to produce a locomotive capable of competing with the FT version from General Motors. The original 1350 HP engine design was discontinued until 1944 because of World War II. Unfortunately, after the first tests, many technical problems…
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Products > Locomotives > G22 / G22CU The G-22U and G22CU are the first in a series of general purpose locomotives manufactured by General Motors as a result of an improvement on the G-12. They have greater power and a low nose construction style. In 1984 there were 129 of these locomotives in the Southern Regional Divisions of…
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Products > Locomotives > G12 A – 1 – A According to the classification presented in the illustrated book “A LOCOMOTIVE G-12”, by José Agenor S. Ferreira, this is phase II of these locomotives in Brazil. Manufactured in 1957, these locomotives have the biggest difference in relation to the other G-12s, the 3-axle truck, with…
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Products > Locomotives > G12 / G8 The G-12 and G-8 are low-cost, general service locomotives that General Motors produced from 1955 to 1970. The basic points of the original project aimed to produce a versatile, simple, economical locomotive, adaptable to various gauges, and of different applications, both for service in extensions and trunk lines. They were built in…
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Products > Locomotives > U5B This locomotive is a maneuverer that was also used for short-distance trains, when high power is not required for a long time, or on light rail branches. They belong to a series of locomotives: U5B, U6B, U8B, U10B and UM10B, and were built in the United States, during the 60s…
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Products > Locomotives > Consolidation The Consolidation are steam locomotives that have two guide bogie wheels, eight driving wheels and do not have a rear guide bogie. For this reason, according to the “WHITE” classification for steam locomotives, they are coded as 2-8-0. The Consolidations were so called because several railroads joined the “LEHIGH VALLEY” system, at the time…
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Products > Locomotives > 2 – C + C – 2 These locomotives were manufactured in the USA, in the late 1930s, by General Electric. The EP-4, as they were called, were an improvement on previous series of electric locomotives that were used on electrified railroads on the east coast of the USA, especially the…
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Produtos > Locomotivas > C30-7 Até a década de 70 a General Electric (GE) participava do mercado mundial com diversas locomotivas das séries chamadas “U” de Universal. No Brasil, as maiores locomotivas destas séries foram as U23C, com 2250HP de potência sendo que foram fabricadas 170 unidades em Campinas, entre 1972 e 1976. A evolução…
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Products > Locomotives > U23-C The U23-C is a General Electric locomotive equipped with a 2250 HP engine. In 1972, the first units of a total of 170 locomotives were produced, the delivery of which was divided into two batches. The first batch, produced at GE-Campinas, included a total of 80 locomotives (3801 to 3880),…
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