VIAJANDO PELA LINHA

Scenes and Landscapes of the Operations along the tracks of EFPP

Foto of the yards at km.5 “Corredor” (gangway) taken in 1982, by Nilson Rodrigues. Train at left is in the main track, coming from Cajamar. Corredor was the main stop point of the EFPP. It was formed by 3 tracks, parallel to the main track. In the west end of the yard, there was a triangle for loco reversion. This stop was used to complete water in the tender, and also for parking of exceeding cars. From this point to the mill, incline was almost 3%, and an helper was necessary to bring entire train to the mill, or the train was split in two, and some cars were left at “Corredor”. The loco came back later to pull the rest of the train. Normal consist of a train was 18 gondolas plus a rear passenger car.

Crossing point of the EFPP with the road that connects Cajamar with Anhanguera highway. The train is going to the mill, with a string of loaded gons. This stop, named “Campos”, was used in early times of EFPP, when a direct connection between Perus and Gato Preto still existed. This connection was eliminated in 1956. In front of the stop, we can see mr. Charles Small. At left, EFPP fans. Foto by Sergio Martire, 1976.

Photo of the same train, taken from another point. Photo by Sergio Martire, 1976

Another photo from Corredor yard, taken by Sergio Martire, 1976. Loco 6 (Porter) is receiving some water, in order to reach the Cement Mill.

Photo taken from the passenger car at the end of train, showing the black smoke exausted by the locomotive, due to the use of fuel oil. This is km.8 of the road. Photo by Sergio Martire, 1976

This photo shows the same train passing through km. 6,5 in the place of clay extraction. Clay was added to the limestones, to form the cement. Photo by Sergio Martire, 1976.

This is km. 7,5 of the road, looking in direction of Cajamar, showing the typical cut-offs of the EFPP: verticals, made by hands, narrow profile, with good placement of spikes and rails. The good shape of the road has been always a good practice in the EFPP. Occurrences of derailments were almost rare. Photo: Juarez Sparlletta, sent to this site by Alberto del Bianco

Above, photo by Sergio Martire in 1976, showing a train with loco nr.7 arriving at Cajamar yard. Note the boxcar in the train.