West of Minas Narrow Gauge
£18.45
Recommended retail price: £18.95
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Stock reference: 02.006
£18.45
Recommended retail price: £18.95
Stock type: -
Stock reference: 02.006
Brazilian Railway History Note No. 4 is the book 'West of Minas Narrow Gauge'. This line (the Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas) had an extensive 76 cm (2 ft 6 in) and metre gauge railway system in the west of Minas Gerais state in Brazil, together with a steamer service on the Rio Grande and two small metre gauge street tramways.
This book is the history of the West of Minas's earliest lines. These, built between 1880 and the 1920's, were 76 cm gauge and together with the river navigation were effectively a separate system from the metre gauge. The 76 cm gauge eventually reached a maximum extent of 748 km, with a main line 601 km long. After 1960, the narrow gauge was progressively cut back by abandonments and conversion to metre gauge until there is only a short section left as a tourist line between São João del Rei and Tiradentes.
Extensive maps researched and reconstructed by Edwin Lambert from material collected by Dr Waters show the full route of the narrow gauge and its branches and the Rio Grande Navigation. Appendices give a full station list, locomotive list, locomotive diagrams, timetable etc.
Paul E Waters
Maps by Edwin Lambert
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