Maria Fumaca of Sao Joao del Rey & Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, Brazil.wmv

In Sao Joao del Rey, the terminus of the heritage railway, once a part of Minas Gerais Railways that sprung up in 1880s during the reign of the emperor Don Pedro II, as the Smoking Mary is getting ready to take off for its run to Tiradentes, passengers admire its polished parts and listen close up to the steam being released from its bowels. Then once on the way, the whistle is the impressive part, still getting attention of all. First the rather unsightly outskirts of town come into view, then briefly some meadows and distant mountains, and not before long (12 kilometers, about nine miles, to be exact) the train arrives in Tiradentes. Everyone disembarks and watches the spectacle of Maria Fumanca, an American locomotive made by Baldwin of Philadephia, being turned around and readied for a return journey to Sao Joao del Rey.

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