# Ferrorama

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{{Short description|Brazilian toy train system}}
{{Expand Portuguese|Ferrorama|date=April 2023}}

'''Ferrorama''' is a Brazilian battery powered [toy train](/source/toy_train) system made by [Manufatura de Brinquedos Estrela](/source/Estrela_(company)), which started production around the 1980s. The train sets consist of black plastic [track](/source/railway_track) with a [steam locomotive](/source/steam_locomotive), an [electric locomotive](/source/electric_locomotive) or both (depending on the set) and [rolling stock](/source/rolling_stock) of various types, including a [tender](/source/Tender_(rail)), [hoppers](/source/Hopper_car), tankers, [coaches](/source/Passenger_railroad_car), etc. The locomotives are powered by two 1.5v batteries. The designs and molds for the components were licensed from [TOMY](/source/TOMY), which developed them for a system called Super Rail that offered a more realistic alternative to [Plarail](/source/Plarail). As a result, the majority of the rolling stock in the range are based on Japanese designs, among them the [JNR Class D51](/source/JNR_Class_D51), [JNR Class DD51](/source/JNR_Class_DD51) and [0 Series Shinkansen](/source/0_Series_Shinkansen).

Estrela decided to launch an online challenge: in response to popular demand on social media, the company publicly pledged to relaunch the Ferrorama system and held an event that allowed fans to cross the final 20km of the [Way of St. James](/source/Way_of_St._James) using 110m of track.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.voltaferrorama.com.br/ |title=Site of the challenge |access-date=2010-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624154013/http://www.voltaferrorama.com.br/ |archive-date=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Participants were required to figure out the distance that their train has passed and put them back on the front line, without leaving any cars derailed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://idgnow.uol.com.br/internet/2010/06/09/classico-dos-anos-80-ferrorama-pode-voltar-com-ajuda-do-orkut |title=/ Classic 80s, Ferrorama, can return with help of Orkut |access-date=2010-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614022419/http://idgnow.uol.com.br/internet/2010/06/09/classico-dos-anos-80-ferrorama-pode-voltar-com-ajuda-do-orkut/ |archive-date=2010-06-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The challengers will come from internet social communities around the product and the cost of travel to [Galicia](/source/Galicia_(Spain)) will be paid by the company, but it is unknown whether the population from [Santiago de Compostela](/source/Santiago_de_Compostela) will support the challenge too.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.adnews.com.br/publicidade/104659.html |title=AdNews - Estrela e DM9DDB desafiam comunidade do Orkut pela volta do Ferrorama |access-date=2010-06-14 |archive-date=2010-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615192344/http://www.adnews.com.br/publicidade/104659.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100624154013/http://www.voltaferrorama.com.br/ Sítio oficial do desafio para a volta do Ferrorama]

Category:1980s toys
Category:Toy trains

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