After a contract was signed in 1976 for electrification at 25 kV 60 Hz of the Santos-Uberaba route in Sao Paulo state it was found that incompatibility with Fepasa's existing 3 kV electrification was but one of several major difficulties. Unwillingness on the part of the financiers to release the necessary funds helped to stall the project, and only in 1980 did a revised scheme at 3 kV DC come to fruition. In the intervening period Fepasa had demonstrated convincingly its ability to pep up its freight business, and the first of several funding agreements was signed in 1980. A redrafted electrification contract followed, and work started recently on construction of an initial batch of 70 electric locomotives.


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    Title :

    Electrification will accelerate Fepasa's main-line freight


    Additional title:

    Elektrifizierung wird Fepasa's Haupttransportstrecke beschleunigen


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette International ; 137 , 10 ; 837-838


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    2 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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