Steam locomotive #18 of the E.F. Perus-Pirapora, a 2-6-2 saddle-tank machine. It was built in 1938 at the Usina Monte Alegre, in Piracicaba SP, based on project drawings of the Companhia Paulista and using the chassis of a German locomotive. Photo and info by Nilson Rodrigues; a copy of this picture was kindly distributed by Cid José Beraldo in the E.F. Brasil, a list for discussion about the Brazilian railroads. You can get more information about this locomotive and the E.F. Perus-Pirapora railroad at the April-September 1991 issue of the Revista Brasileira de Ferromodelismo, in a paper by Nilson Rodrigues.