Associação Brasileira de Preservação Ferroviária
The Associação Brasileira de Preservação Ferroviária (ABPF) (Brazilian Society for Railway Maintenance) is an association in Campinas that was founded in 1977 by the French Patrick Henri Ferdinand Dollinger . It brings together those who are interested in preserving and promoting Brazilian railway history.
Dollinger was interested in locomotives and railways and came to Brazil in 1966. Worried about rail closures in Brazil, he decided to set up a maintenance company similar to those in Europe and the United States.
In 1979 the ABPF received approval from the government of the state of São Paulo to operate a 44 kilometer long disused line of the Fepasa Railway in the city of Campinas . The company began with the restoration of the stations and tracks. Soon she was collecting rail vehicles all over the country on loan from the government. This resulted in the Viação Ferrea Campinas Jaguariuna ( Museum Railway Campinas-Jaguariúna ).
ABPF is divided into several local divisions called Regionals :
- Regional de Campinas : responsible for the Viação Ferrea Campinas Jaguariuna
- Regional São Paulo : operates a broad gauge steam train in the city of São Paulo and in the Paranapiacaba district
- Regional Rio de Janeiro : runs a small museum and a model railway
- Regional Santa Catarina : operates steam trains in Rio Negrinho , Piratuba and Apiúna
- Regional Paraná : restores rail vehicles in Curitiba and plans their operation
- Regional Sul de Minas : operates two steam trains, one in Passa Quatro and the other in São Lourenço , where there is also a steam locomotive depot.
ABPF is the largest steam railway operator of museum railways in Brazil.
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Steam locomotive, formerly of the RMV in Passa Quatro ( Minas Gerais )
Electric freight locomotive of the Paulista Railway , built in the USA in 1921. First # 208 then # 404 as well as # 6405 in Fepasa and now by the ABPF-SP
Electric locomotive built by GE in the USA, first used on the Paulista Railroad in Fepasa and now part of the ABPF-SP
GE 70 ton (64 t) shunter with a track width of 1000 mm in the Anhumas station, Campinas
