GMP_Slide5691_E214_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 07. CP (Companhia Dos Caminhos De Ferro Portugueses - Portuguese State Railways) metre gauge 2-4-6-0T Mallet No. E214 gets a wash down from its driver at Régua engine shed in the Douro valley of northern Portugal. This engine was one of a series of this unusual wheel arrangement built by Henschel between 1911 and 1923. Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide4450_E214_Regua.jpg	1969/11/04, 16. Henschel CP metre gauge 2-4-6-0T Mallet No. E214 catches the last of the November sunshine as it departs from Régua with the 17:45 mixed train to Chaves on the Corgo line. The 17:35 broad gauge train to Barca d'Alva has just left and this train follows in its path along the mixed-gauge section to the viaduct over the River Corgo, then turns north. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5677_CP285_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 06. CP inside cylinder 4-6-0 No. 285 races past Corgo's clear distant signal (a disc signal turned sideways so it can hardly be seen - on top of the post next to the telegraph pole) as it approaches Régua at 10:40 from Barca d'Alva with a train for Porto. The steam engine comes off at Régua to be replaced by a diesel for the remainder of the trip. These 4-6-0's were known as "B12's" to British enthusiasts due to their resemblance to that Great Eastern 4-6-0, though the Portuguese engines pre-dated them by a year, the six engines in the class being built by Henschel in Germany in 1910! Tuesday 3rd November 1970. Note the beautiful condition of the track and ballast - despite the fact that the railways were unfenced and used as a public footpath!
GMP_Slide5676_CPE208_CorgoViaduct.jpg	1970/11/03, 05. CP metre gauge Henschel 2-4-6-0T Mallet No. E208 crossing the mixed-gauge viaduct over the Rio Corgo with a Corgo line passenger train, the 10:21 from Régua to Chaves. It has the branch signal at the end of the viaduct in the "off" position and will turn  north as soon as it has left the bridge. In the background is the roadbridge over the Rio Douro and beyond that an abandoned lattice girder bridge. Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide4587_CP248_Ferradosa.jpg	1969/11/07, 08. Many stretches of the beautiful Douro line from Porto to the Spanish border at Barca d'Alva involved spectacular engineering works. Here the afternoon mixed train from Barca d'Alva to Porto has just left Ferradosa station and is crossing to the north side of the Rio Douro over the lattice girder bridge as it heads for Tua through the river gorge. This part of the river has since been dammed and this viaduct was demolished, only the abutments remaining. A new concrete and lattice girder viaduct was built slightly further upstream and a new station built for Ferradosa. Part of the old trackbed was used to build a new road to Taylor's Port Quinta de Vargelas, which also has its own station within the vineyard! The train is hauled by one of the two remaining Borsig 4 cylinder compound 4-6-0's, No. 248, built in 1904. Friday 7th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5642_CP292_CorgoViaduct.jpg	1970/11/02, 6. CP Henschel 1913 4-6-0 No. 292 attempts to blot out the sun with its oil-fired exhaust as it returns from the dam works at Bagausté with a works train to Régua, crossing the mixed-gauge viaduct over the Rio Corgo. Monday 2nd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5962_CP095_EiffelViaduct.jpg	1970/11/09, 01. CP Henschel 2-6-4T No. 095 crosses the Rio Douro from Vila Nova de Gaia to Porto on the Ponte Dona Maria Pia, designed by Eiffel and built in 1876/77. It is working the 07:30 stopping passenger train from Espinho to Porto Campanhã, at sunrise on Monday 9th November 1970. By this time, this was one of the few steam workings across the bridge on the electrified main line from the south. The bridge was closed and replaced by a modern concrete structure, the Ponte São João in 1991, though it is still in situ. The matching road bridge can just be seen in the right background. 
GMP_Slide5989_CPE132_Espinho.jpg	1970/11/09, 08. CP metre gauge 2-8-2T No. E132, one of three engines built by Henschel in 1924, makes a smoky start out of Espinho with the 15:55 mixed train for Viseu, at the far end of the Sernada system, Monday 9th November 1970.
GMP_Slide4349_CPE142_PovoaDeVarzim.jpg	1969/11/03, 07. Povoa de Varzim was the terminus of the main part of the metre gauge line north from Porto (there was a through platform serving the loop line to Famalicão and Lousado as well) and boasted a one road engine shed. Here, one of the four very handsome Henschel 2-8-2T's built in 1931, No. E142,  is serviced before returning to Porto and gives an incredible display of smoke generation with the soft coal. How the local population kept their white-painted houses clean is something of a mystery! Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide5967_CPRailBus_Espinho.jpg	1970/11/09, 02. 2-4-6-0T Mallet E210 sits in the joint narrow gauge and broad gauge station at Espinho with the 11:00 train for Oliviera de Azemeis. Alongside is literally a “Railbus”, ME 53, complete with what appears to be a steering wheel (!), departing for Sernada do Vouga. Monday 9th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5853_CPE111_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 13. CP metre-gauge 2-6-0T No. E111 (built by Kessler in 1907) blasts its way up the climb out of the Douro valley at Tua, having just connected with a broad gauge train at the junction station. The train is the 14:45 "Misto" (mixed train) to Mirandela on Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide4517_CP285_Corgo.jpg	1969/11/05, 7. CP No. 285 is one of the inside cylinder 4-6-0's built by Henschel in 1910 and known as "B12's" to British enthusiasts. In immaculate condition, the engine is in full cry with a mixed train from Barca d'Alva approaching Corgo and not far from the next stop at Régua. Wednesday 5th November 1969. The vines on the terraced hillsides of the Douro valley are just turning to their autumn colours.
GMP_Slide5906_CP285_Ferradosa.jpg	1970/11/07. Seen from the 12:32 mixed train from Pocinho to Porto, hauled by "B12" No. 286, classmate No. 285 is waiting in the loop at Ferradosa Station with an eastbound mixed train. In the background is the viaduct over the Rio Douro, taking the railway onto the northern side. This viaduct has been demolished since the new dam was built further downstream, only the abutments still stand. The railway now continues for a little further on the north bank before crossing a new concrete viaduct, to a rebuilt Ferradosa Station. The old station still exists and the road in the background of this shot now uses the old trackbed to form a new access road to Taylor’s Port Quinta at Vargelas (where the station is within the vineyard!). Saturday 7th November 1970. Note the very lightweight track - this was the reason for steam's survival in this area, the track being unable to take the axle-loading of the diesels until it was all relaid.
GMP_Slide5769_CPE207_VilaReal.jpg	1970/11/04, 1. Having opened the level-crossing gates across the railway and put chains across the road, the lady crossing-keeper is now ready with her flags to see 2-4-6-0T Mallet No. E207 away from Vila Real station with the 10:21 train from Régua to Chaves on the metre gauge Corgo Line. Wednesday 4th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5784_CPE208_VilaReal.jpg	1970/11/05, 1. On the beautiful Autumn morning of Thursday 5th November 1970, 2-4-6-0T Mallet No. E208 arrives at Vila Real from Chaves, to form the 09:16 mixed train to Régua, a very nice clerestory balcony First Class bogie coach in the foreground.
GMP_Slide5810_CPWaterCarrier_Carrazedo.jpg	1970/11/05, 4. The water carrier has run down by gravity under the control of the brakesman and stopped at rail-side houses at it made its way back to Carrazedo. Here, the family has filled all sorts of containers, including a large water butt no longer in the picture, and they are helping to get the wagon rolling again with the aid of crowbars! Note there is no fencing or means of isolating the house and its vegetable plot from the railway. Whether this practice still continues to this day I do not know! Thursday 5th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5802_CPE205_Carrazedo.jpg	1970/11/05, 3. Mallet No. E205 has climbed round the loops and curves above Carrazedo on its way to Vila Real with the 10:21 train from Régua. It had collected a water-carrier wagon at Carrazedo and has now stopped to uncouple this wagon, the brakesman just climbing down from the Baggage Van. Once uncoupled, the train carried on its way, while the water wagon rolled by gravity back to Carrazedo, stopping at rail-side houses to fill up their water supplies as it did so! Thursday 5th November 1970.
GMP_Slide4503_CP268_Regua.jpg	1969/11/05, 6. One of the most remarkable survivors in Portugal at this time was No. 268, a 4 cylinder De Glehn compound 4-6-0 built by Fives - Lille in 1898 (I think!), and pure French in appearance. Here, the engine sits out of steam at Régua loco depot on one of the mixed-gauge tracks around the turntable on the morning of Wednesday 5th November 1969. I did see the engine in steam later, but only managed a very poor photo from another moving train as we passed it.
GMP_Slide5778_CPE208_Cruzeiro.jpg	1970/11/04, 2. Henschel Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E208 is working a mixed train towards Vila Real (due to arrive there at 13:53) near Cruzeiro, having worked up the very torturous bends from Carrazedo, the train originating at Régua. It's easy to see why Mallets were a good idea on this line! Wednesday 4th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5954_CP091_2566_PortoCampanha.jpg	1970/11/08, 08. Henschel 2-6-4T No. 091 poses alongside electric loco No. 2566 at Porto Campanhã Station. The steam engine had just arrived with the 11:15 train from Régua and was about to return to the loco depot at Contumil, while the electric is about to take a train south on the main line. Sunday 8th November 1970. No. 2566 is Class 2550, built by Groupement 50Hz in 1963-64.
GMP_Slide5797_CPE205_Carrazedo.jpg	1970/11/05, 2. Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E205 is climbing round the loops and curves above Carrazedo station with the 10:21 train from Régua to Vila Real and Chaves. It has collected a water-carrier wagon from Carrazedo which it took to the top of the many curves here before stopping and detaching the wagon to run back to Carrazedo by gravity. Thursday 5th November 1970.
GMP_Slide4352_CPE164_PovoaDeVarzim.jpg	1969/11/03, 08. Station staff and engine crew exchange glances as one of the delightful Henschel Mallet 0-4-4-0T's, No. E164, arrives at the through platform at Povoa de Varzim station with a train from Lousado and Familição, which connected with the train about to be hauled by E142 to Porto Trindade on the metre gauge lines. Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4299_CPE170_PortoBoaVista.jpg	1969/11/02, 3. The metre gauge lines north of Porto started from the terminal station at Porto Trindade, however, the original terminus was at Porto Boa Vista. In railway terms, this was very well named as there were indeed some beautiful sights to behold! At the loco servicing depot there Henschel Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E170 (the "E" prefix denoted a narrow gauge engine) positively gleams in the late afternoon sunshine after attention from her driver. At this time engines were still "single-manned" - allocated to one crew - and great pride was taken in the engines' appearance. Sunday 2nd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4563_CPE216_Pocinho.jpg	1969/11/07, 04. Henschel Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E216 comes across the viaduct over the Douro with a Sabor line train from Duas Igrejas - Miranda to Pocinho. This was the only steam-hauled working of the day, the rest of the sparse service being operated by rail-buses. This train also included a postal coach and connected with the broad gauge train from Barca d'Alva to Porto. Friday 7th November 1969. Sadly, the Sabor line is now closed and derelict.
GMP_Slide4575_CP248_Pocinho.jpg	1969/11/07, 06. 4 cylinder compound 4-6-0 No. 248 was one of two survivors (the other being No. 238) built by Borsig in Berlin in 1904 and was a very handsome machine. It is at the head of a mixed train (including a Postal coach) which has arrived at Pocinho from Barca d'Alva and is now preparing to depart for Régua and Porto. It was banked out of Pocinho by 4-6-0 No. 281. Friday 7th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4562_CPE41_B12s_Pocinho.jpg	1969/11/07, 03. Like Régua locomotive depot, Pocinho was also a mixed gauge depot. In a busy scene two of the Henschel inside cylinder 4-6-0's Nos. 286 and 281 are being serviced, while the depot staff chat by the water column. On the right is the narrow gauge station pilot No. E41, an 0-6-0WT built by Hohenzollern in 1904. Note the "funnel" to fill its well tanks! Just visible in the right background is No. 012, a broad gauge 0-6-2T built by Hannoverische in 1902. Unfortunately, this was out of use! Friday 7th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4570_CP012_Pocinho.jpg	1969/11/07, 05. CP No. 012 was an 0-6-2T built by Hannoverische in 1902 and although dumped and out of use at Pocinho, it looks like someone was still looking after it as its external condition is pretty good! Next to it is an equally ancient 4-wheel coach and just visible beyond that is one of the narrow gauge rail-buses that worked most of the services on the Sabor line. Friday 7th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4600_CP553_RioTinto.jpg	1969/11/08, 01. Henschel 1924 built 4 cylinder compound 4-6-2 CP No. 553 rushes down the grade near Rio Tinto with the 08:55 train from Braga to Porto on the very dull morning of Saturday 8th November 1969. Apologies for the poor quality of this photo - this was the only time I saw one of these engines in action!
GMP_Slide4609_CP077_Braga.jpg	1969/11/08, 02. CP 2-6-4T No. 077 is in charge of a train of ancient coaches at the terminus station at Braga, waiting to depart for Nine, the junction station with the Minho line north from Porto. Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4612_CP9_Braga.jpg	1969/11/08, 04. Two ancient locomotives were preserved in the old engine shed at Braga, this one was CP No. 9, a 2-4-0 built by Beyer, Peacock in 1875. I believe the engines were later moved to Entroncamento works. Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4611_CP02049_Braga.jpg	1969/11/08, 03. Preserved in the old engine shed at Braga were two ancient engines. This one is CPMD No. 02049, a 2-2-2ST built by Fairbairn in 1854. The engines have now been moved to Entroncamento Works, I believe. Note it was not considered necessary to keep the shed locked! Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4628_CPE95_Aveiro.jpg	1969/11/09, 1. Aveiro was the station where the southern part of the narrow gauge system based on Sernada do Vouga met the broad gauge main line from Lisbõa to Porto. At the narrow gauge depot two 2-6-0T's simmer in the Sunday sunshine. In the foreground is E95, newly out of works, standing by the makeshift water tower. It was built by Decauville in 1910. In the background is E97 of the same class, but built by Orenstein & Koppel, also in 1910. 9th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4633_CPE94_Aveiro.jpg	1969/11/09, 2. CP 2-6-0T No. E94 approaches Aveiro with a train from Sernada do Vouga in lovely evening light, while a local pedestrian waits to cross the line. E94 was built by Decauville in 1910. Note the ballast here consisted mainly of sand! Sunday 9th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4332_CPE144_RioAve.jpg	1969/11/03, 03. Henschel metre gauge 2-8-2T No. E144 crosses the viaduct over the Rio Ave just south of Vila do Conde with a train from Porto Trindade to Povoa de Varzim on Monday 3rd November 1969. It looks like Monday was washday as some of the locals use the river and some large stones - how times have changed!
GMP_Slide4312_CPE114_PortoBoaVista.jpg	1969/11/03, 01. View overlooking Porto Boa Vista depot from the through platforms to Porto Trindade, showing the original terminus now in use as carriage stabling, as well as the steam loco shed. In the right foreground is E114, a 2-6-0T built by Kessler in 1907, this engine with outside Stephenson Link Valve Motion. Beyond that with its smokebox door open is E144, one of the 2-8-2T's built by Henschel in 1931, while on the left is E169, one of the Mallet 0-4-4-0T's also built by Henschel from 1905-1908. All are being prepared for the early morning trains on Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4310_CPE101_PortoBoaVista.jpg	1969/11/02, 5. CP No. E101 was a 2-6-0T built by Kessler in 1907 and is seen here simmering in the yard at Porto Boa Vista on the evening of Sunday 2nd November 1969.
GMP_Slide5671_CPE54_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 04. The narrow gauge station pilot at Régua was a "half-cab" 0-6-0T No. E54, built by Kessler in 1889! The crew can be seen at work as they shunt stock around at Régua for the next departure on the Corgo line to Chaves on the early morning of Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5655_CPE54_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 02. The sun has just risen at Régua station as the station pilots go about their business of marshalling trains. The narrow gauge pilot is E54, an 0-6-0T built by Kessler in 1889, here shunting a set of coaches including a postal van complete with post-box. Just visible in the background is 2-6-4T No. 076, the broad gauge pilot. Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5650_ReguaShed_Night.jpg	1970/11/02, 9. When in Régua, I stayed at the Pensão Borges where some of the bedrooms overlooked the engine shed. This meant that you virtually got no sleep as you had to keep leaping out of bed to see what was going on! On the night of Monday 2nd November 1970 these engines were "on shed" - from left to right - E207's bunker just enters the shot, then broad gauge station pilot 2-6-4T No. 076, visiting 2-6-4T No. 097, 4-6-0 No. 285, 2-8-4T No. 0183, 4-6-0 No. 294 and just visible, 0-6-0T No. E54.
GMP_Slide4625_CP0188_Nine.jpg	1969/11/08, 11. The junction station for the Braga branch off the Minho line was at Nine and there was a small loco depot there. In the sidings by the station, the crew of 2-8-4T No. 0188 are polishing up their engine, while 2-6-4T No 093 simmers in the background. Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5927_CP003_Contumil.jpg	1970/11/08, 05. One of the most famous engines in Portugal was the shed pilot at Contumil depot in Porto, the diminutive 0-4-0WT No. 003, built by Cockerill in 1890. Here it is, simmering in the sunshine on Sunday 8th November 1970.
GMP_Slide4320_CPE143_PortoBoaVista.jpg	1969/11/03, 02. The through platforms alongside Porto Boa Vista were actually called Avenida da França and northbound trains from Porto Trindade arrived through a tunnel. One of the four large 2-8-2T's built by Henschel in 1931 arrives with a train for Povoa de Varzim on the morning of Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide5956_CP097_1186_PortoCampanha.jpg	1970/11/08, 10. Steam and diesel under the wires at Porto Campanhã station on the evening of Sunday 8th November 1970. 2-6-4T No. 097 is the steam pilot doing some shunting on the left, while Sentinel 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic No. 1186 is on the right with a CIWL sleeping-car, making up an overnight train to Lisboa. This engine was Class 1150, built in 1966.
GMP_Slide5953_CP091_Contumil.jpg	1970/11/08, 07. Gleaming CP 2-6-4T No. 091 drifts into Contumil station with a train of ancient passenger coaches, the 11:15 from Régua to Porto Campanhã on Sunday 8th November 1970. Despite the electrification, some interesting semaphore signals are still in use. No. 091 was one of the engines built by Henschel in 1929.
GMP_Slide5951_CP712_715_Contumil.jpg	1970/11/08, 06. Two immaculate 2-8-0's meet at Contumil with their freight trains. Nos. 712 and 715 were both built by North British in 1921. 712 has arrived with a train from the docks on the Leixões branch on the left, while 712 has arrived from Régua on the right. Sunday 8th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5918_CP0184_Contumil.jpg	1970/11/08, 02. CP 2-8-4T No. 0184 (Henschel 1925) speeds past Contumil locomotive depot as it heads towards Porto Campanhã with the 08:55 train from Braga on Sunday 8th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5831_CP292_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 06. CP 4-6-0 No. 292 (Henschel 1913) comes across the viaduct over the Rio Tua approaching Tua station, alongside the Rio Douro, with a mixed train from Régua which will depart from Tua at 13:40 for Barca d'Alva, having made connections with the narrow gauge Tua line to Mirandela. Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide4621_CP0183_Nine.jpg	1969/11/08, 09. CP 2-8-4T No. 0183 has taken water at Nine station and now gets away with a long train of boxvans northbound on the Minho line, Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4616_CP090_Tadim.jpg	1969/11/08, 05. CP 2-6-4T No. 090 (Henschel 1929) is in full cry with a train of ancient passenger coaches on the line from Braga to Nine near Tadim, Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4639_CPE121_Sernada.jpg	1969/11/10. Obviously well cared for, one of the four beautifully elegant metre-gauge 4-6-0T's built by Borsig in 1908, CP No. E121, potters about at Sernada do Vouga depot on the Viseu system. There was a shed and small works here, and lines radiating north to Espinho, west to Aveiro and east to Viseu. Monday 10th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4619_CP077_Nine.jpg	1969/11/08, 07. CP 2-6-4T No. 077 sits in the branch platform at Nine station about to return to Braga with the delightful set of antique coaches which seemed to form many of the trains on the line. In the background is the small sub-shed, only one of whose tracks still seems to be in place, though still used. The main Minho line goes off to the left of the picture, eventually to Monção by the Spanish border. Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4477_CP268_E205_Regua.jpg	1969/11/05, 3. Metre-gauge Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E205 is being turned on the mixed-gauge turntable at Régua depot as Fives-Lille built 4 cylinder compound 4-6-0 No. 268 looks on from one of the mixed-gauge tracks around the turntable. Wednesday 5th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4623_CP077_Nine.jpg	1969/11/08, 10. The driver of CP 2-6-4T No. 077 oils round his engine as it stands in the Braga branch platform at Nine station, the junction with the Minho line from Porto to Monção, before departing for Braga with a train of antique rolling stock! Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5714_CPE214_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 13. Immaculate CP Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E214 departs from Régua along the mixed-gauge main line to Corgo where it will turn north with its mixed train, the 12:30 to Chaves on a beautiful Autumn day, Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5728_CPE206_Corgo.jpg	1970/11/03, 15. An old stone roadway leads down from the hills through the vineyard terraces towards the Rio Corgo and Rio Douro where CP Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E206 is crossing the viaduct over the Rio Corgo. It is at the head of a mixed train from Chaves to Régua, due to arrive at 14:46 on Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5827_CPE111_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 04. With the railway in deep shadow on one side of the gorge and bright sunlight on the other side, this was a difficult shot to get and the result is not altogether brilliant! CP 2-6-0T No. E111 (Kessler 1907) bursts out of a tunnel and rumbles over a precarious lattice girder bridge above the Rio Tua with a train from Mirandela to Tua (arrival time 12:57), junction with the broad-gauge Douro line. Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5922_CP754_Contumil.jpg	1970/11/08, 04. CP 4 cylinder compound 2-8-0 No. 754 was the last working survivor of the class built by Schwartzkopf between 1913 to 1925, here resting between duties on shed at Contumil depot on Sunday 8th November 1970.
GMP_Slide4304_CPE143_PortoBoaVista.jpg	1969/11/02, 4. CP metre-gauge 2-8-2T No. E143 (Henschel 1931) starts its two-coach train away from Avenida da França station, passing the entrance tracks into Boa Vista depot, en route from Porto Trindade to Povoa de Varzim. Sunday 2nd November 1969.
GMP_Slide5735_CP281_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 16. CP "B12" 4-6-0 No. 281 (Henschel 1910) adds a couple of open wagons to the train that has just arrived at Régua from Porto behind a diesel loco, before heading off at 17:35 with the mixed train to Barca d'Alva. It catches the lowering sunlight on the evening of Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide4286_Tram181_Porto.jpg	1969/11/02, 1. Porto was a haven of antique transport systems, having some wonderful old trams as well as the steam operated metre-gauge railways. Here, Porto tram No. 181 approaches the Praça da Liberdade working on route 3 to Pereiro, also carrying a board "Via Palacio". Sunday 2nd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4287_Tram210_Porto.jpg	1969/11/02, 2. Porto tram No. 210 pauses in the Praça da Liberdade on route 6 to M. dos Burgos, while a more modern bus overtakes it. Sunday 2nd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4338_CPE143_RioAve.jpg	1969/11/03, 04. CP metre-gauge 2-8-2T No. E143 (Henschel 1931) comes round the curve from Vila do Conde station and approaches the viaduct over the Rio Ave with a passenger train from Povoa de Varzim to Porto Trindade on Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4393_CP211_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 01. The morning of Tuesday 4th November 1969 dawned with an autumnal mist which took some time to clear. In the gloom at Contumil depot to the north of Porto is dumped No. 211, a 4-6-0 4 cylinder compound built by Henschel in 1924. Strangely, I saw it again a year later at Pocinho, so was it returned to traffic? Behind the 4-6-0 is 0-6-2T No. 014 and behind that is 0-6-0 No. 23, both products of Beyer Peacock.
GMP_Slide4371_CPE169_SenhoraDaHora.jpg	1969/11/03, 12. The late afternoon sun glints off the immaculate paintwork of Henschel Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E169 as it gets its train away down the grade from Senhora da Hora station with a train returning to Porto Trindade. Senhora da Hora was the limit of "inner suburban" trains from Porto, several trains terminating there during the morning and evening rush hours. Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4411_CP033_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 08. The sun has now burnt off the November early morning mist to reveal a clear blue sky as CP 2-6-2T No. 033 shunts in the goods yard at Contumil, on the opposite side of the main line from the loco depot. This remarkable engine was built by Beyer Peacock in 1890. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4346_CPE142_PovoaDeVarzim.jpg	1969/11/03, 06. Seen from the platforms of the terminal part of the station at Povoa de Varzim, the small sub-shed plays host to Henschel 2-8-2T No. E142, while the crew prepare the engine for its next run back to Porto Trindade. Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4404_CP558_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 03. The sun has nearly burnt through the early morning autumn mist to pick out the elegant lines of now stored Henschel 1924 4 cylinder de Glehn compound 4-6-2 No. 558 at Contumil depot. Behind is classmate No. 559, which looks as though it has been out of use for some time. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4409_CP033_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 06. The sun is beginning to pierce the morning mist and silhouettes CP 2-6-2T No. 033 shunting in the goods yard at Contumil, seen from the loco depot across the main lines. This engine was built by Beyer Peacock in 1890.  Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4406_CP075_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 04. CP 2-6-4T No. 075 (Societé Suisse 1916-1920) basks in the early low sunshine at Contumil depot on the morning of Tuesday 4th November 1969, looking well cared-for.
GMP_Slide4408_CP559_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 05. CP 4 cylinder De Glehn compound 4-6-2 No. 559 (Henschel 1924) and classmate No. 558 in front are stored at Contumil depot - did they ever work again? Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4417_CP293_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 11. CP 4-6-0 No. 293 was one of the series built by Henschel in 1913, apparently based on the Prussian P8 design, and looks a treat! The engine has just come on shed at Contumil having worked the 08:55 Braga to Porto passenger train, and is having the tender tank refilled with fuel-oil by the crew. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4400_CP23_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 02. CP No. 23 was an 0-6-0 built by Beyer Peacock in 1875 and is here dumped in the yard at Contumil depot. It had been in use until recently as the station pilot at Porto São Bento. It was later moved to Braga shed and preserved. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4413_CP293_088_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 09. CP 4-6-0 No. 293 (Henschel 1913) has just come on shed at Contumil after working the 08:55 train from Braga to Porto, and is about to have its oil tank refilled by the crew. On the right is a line-up of three 2-6-4T's with No. 088 (Henschel 1929) in the foreground, all the engines sparkling in the sunshine. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4420_CP003_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 13. The shed pilot at Contumil was 0-4-0T CP No. 003 (Cockerill 1890), here getting some attention outside the half-roundhouse shed building. Beyond is one of the Henschel 2-8-4T's No. 0185, a rather larger machine! Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4429_CP0182_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 14. Henschel 1925 2-8-4T CP No. 0182 basks in the sunshine at Contumil depot in Porto, Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4463_CP0187_1005_Regua.jpg	1969/11/05, 1. CP 2-8-4T No. 0187 (Henschel 1925) pauses at Régua with an eastbound train of cement for the dam works at Bagausté, the Barragem de Régua, a few miles further on. It has already taken water and is ready to depart as Régua's broad gauge station pilot 0-6-0DM No. 1005 (Drewry 1948) potters about in the yard. Wednesday 5th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4438_CP095_Ermesinde.jpg	1969/11/04, 15. 2-6-4T CP No. 095 (Henschel 1929) positively gleams in the sunshine as it pauses at Ermesinde station with the 11:15 mixed train from Régua to Porto Campanhã, the train mainly of wonderful old 4-wheel coaches. Ermesinde was the end of the electrification north of Porto at this time, also the junction station for the Minho and Douro lines. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4620_CP0183_Nine.jpg	1969/11/08, 08. Detail shot of CP 2-8-4T No. 0183 (Henschel 1925) at Nine station waiting to get away with a long train of boxvans northbound on the Minho line, Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4618_CP0183_Nine.jpg	1969/11/08, 06. CP 2-8-4T No. 0183 (Henschel 1925) has just taken water at Nine station and now waits to get away with a long train of boxvans northbound on the Minho line, Saturday 8th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4468_CPE204_0187_Regua.jpg	1969/11/05, 2. Henschel Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E204 is making heavy weather of shunting its train at Régua station in the foreground, while in the background 2-8-4T No. 0187 is about to depart eastbound with a train of cement for the dam works at Bagausté. Wednesday 5th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5601_CP285_1402_Regua.jpg	1970/11/02, 2. CP Bo-Bo  diesel No. 1402 (Series 1400, built by English Electric) has just arrived at Régua with a train from Porto and has removed the first few coaches into the sidings. The station pilot is about to add various wagons to the train (hidden behind No. 285) and then 4-6-0 No. 285 will take over the train to depart for Barca d'Alva at 12:35. Monday 2nd November 1970.
GMP_Slide4493_CP281_Regua.jpg	1969/11/05, 4. CP inside cylinder 4-6-0 No. 281 (Henschel 1910) is turned on the mixed-gauge turntable at Régua depot having arrived with a train from Barca d'Alva on the morning of Wednesday 5th November 1969. Note the turntable was also built in Germany!
GMP_Slide5599_CP285_Regua.jpg	1970/11/02, 1. CP 4-6-0 No. 285 (Henschel 1910) has its oil-burner open wide as it is prepared to takeover the train from Porto which has just arrived at Régua behind diesel No. 1402 at the platform in the background. 1402 then removed the first few coaches from the train and various wagons were added by the station pilot before 285 took the train forward to Barca d'Alva at 12:35. Monday 2nd November 1970.
GMP_Slide4410_CP033_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 07. CP 2-6-2T No. 033 shunts in the goods yard at Contumil, on the opposite side of the main line from the loco depot, seen in front of the engine. This remarkable engine was built by Beyer Peacock in 1890. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5605_CP285_1402_Regua.jpg	1970/11/02, 3. CP Bo-Bo  diesel No. 1402 (English Electric) has just arrived at Régua with a train from Porto and has removed the first few coaches into the sidings. The station pilot, 2-6-4T No. 076,  is adding various wagons to the train (hidden behind No. 285) and then 4-6-0 No. 285 will take over the train to depart for Barca d'Alva at 12:35. Monday 2nd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5613_CPE205_Regua.jpg	1970/11/02, 4. Metre-Gauge Henschel Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E205 runs light engine westbound across the mixed gauge viaduct over the Rio Corgo, just east of Régua. At the far end of the viaduct the Corgo line turned left, while the main line carried on along the Rio Douro valley seen stretching into the distance. The works for the new dam at Bagausté, the Barragem de Régua, can just be seen a couple of miles upstream. The viaduct was used as a public footpath which was fine if only a metre-gauge train was on the bridge, but there was not much clearance when a broad gauge train passed! Monday 2nd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5955_CP097_PortoCampanha.jpg	1970/11/08, 09. CP 2-6-4T No. 097 is the pilot at Porto Campanhã station on the evening of Sunday 8th November 1970 and is shunting some passenger stock. On the left is an EMU of stainless steel stock while on the right is a CIWL sleeping-car forming part of the overnight train to Lisboa.
GMP_Slide5617_CP076_Regua.jpg	1970/11/02, 5. CP 2-6-4T No. 076 is the station pilot at Régua and is here shunting some coaches to form a train to Porto in the early afternoon of Monday 2nd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5664_CPE54_076_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 03. Régua station had two pilot locomotives, one for the metre gauge and one for the broad gauge. Here they are both seen in action in the early morning autumn sunlight, in the foreground is 0-6-0T No. E54 and in the background is 2-6-4T No. 076. Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5839_CPPostCoach_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 09. Part of the mixed train departing from Tua at 13:57 behind 2-8-4T No. 0183 was this lovely old 
GMP_Slide5645_CP284_CorgoViaduct.jpg	1970/11/02, 7. CP inside cylinder 4-6-0 No. 284 catches the last of the afternoon sunshine as it crosses the Corgo viaduct with the  17:35 departure from Régua to Barca d'Alva on Monday 2nd November 1970. The train is made up of fairly modern (Swiss built, by Shindler in 1949/50) coaches which had large windows that could be opened half-way downwards, and also folding doors which could be left open even when the train was in motion - it was even permissible to sit on the steps of these doors as the train travelled!
GMP_Slide5959_CP295_PortoCampanha.jpg	1970/11/08, 12. CP 4-6-0 No. 295 departs from Porto Campanhã with a stopping passenger train to Braga on the evening of Sunday 8th November 1970. Alongside is a train to Lisboa consisting of Soreframe stainless steel stock, built under licence from Budd in 1967/68.
GMP_Slide5712_CP286_PostCoach_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 11. Whilst 4-6-0 CP No. 286 brews up on the right of the picture, 2-6-4T No. 076 shunts some wagons and a Postal Coach to add to the 09:37 train from Porto, which was diesel hauled to Régua. Once the diesel has come off the train and the additions made, No. 286 will take the train forward to Barca d'Alva at 12:35. Note one of the engine crew having a picnic lunch while seated on a point lever in the shade of the engine! Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5835_CP0183_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 07. CP 2-8-4T No. 0183 pauses at Tua station with a mixed train from Barca d'Alva which it hauled as far as Régua, where diesel traction took over for the remainder of the journey to Porto. The train consists of several boxvans, a postal coach, baggage van and several passenger coaches. Plenty of produce seems to be piled on the platform, either about to be loaded, or having just been unloaded. Friday 6th November 1970. The smoke in the background is from engines at the metre gauge depot.
GMP_Slide5912_CPWoodCoach_Contumil.jpg	1970/11/08, 01. One of the 1400 series of English Electric Bo-Bo diesels is at the head of this wonderful train of antique matchboard wooden bodied four-wheel coaches with end balconies, about to depart northwards from Contumil station. Where it had come from and where it was going remain a mystery! The locomotive depot can be seen in the distance. Sunday 8th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5919_CP0184_Contumil.jpg	1970/11/08, 03. CP 2-8-4T No. 0184 (Henschel 1925) speeds past Contumil locomotive depot as it heads towards Porto Campanhã with the 08:55 train from Braga on Sunday 8th November 1970. An EMU of stainless steel stock can be seen in the sidings at the depot.
GMP_Slide4500_CP248_Regua.jpg	1969/11/05, 6. Borsig 4 cylinder compound 4-6-0 CP No. 248 comes off the shed at Régua after servicing to take up its next duty, taking over a diesel hauled train from Porto onwards to Barca d'Alva. The main line from Porto arrives in Régua through the tunnel in the background. Wednesday 5th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4499_CP281_Regua.jpg	1969/11/05, 5. CP inside cylinder 4-6-0 No. 281 has been stabled off the turntable at Régua depot and is now having steam pressure built up with an incredible pall of oily smoke rising into the air. The local residents must have loved it! Wednesday 5th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5838_CP0183_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 08. CP 2-8-4T No. 0183 starts its mixed train away from Tua towards Porto. The metre-gauge Tua line can be seen climbing away from the station before it takes to the Rio Tua valley and heads for Mirandela. Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5713_CP286_ShellTank_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 12. Régua station is a hive of activity as 2-6-4T No. 076 shunts a Shell Oil tank wagon on the left while 4-6-0 No. 286 is waiting on the right to take out the train from Porto to Barca d'Alva at 12:35, once the shunting has finished. In the background is metre-gauge shunter 0-6-0T No. E54 and two Henschel 2-4-6-0T Mallets, Nos. E212 and E214 which will take the 12:30 departure for Chaves on the Corgo line. Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5957_CP097_1186_PortoCampanha.jpg	1970/11/08, 11. Porto Campanhã station on the evening of Sunday 8th November 1970. 2-6-4T No. 097 is the steam pilot doing some shunting on the left, while Sentinel 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic No. 1186 is on the right with a CIWL sleeping-car, making up an overnight train to Lisboa. This engine was Class 1150, built in 1966.
GMP_Slide6007_CPE151_Sernada.jpg	1970/11/10, 05. Metre gauge Henschel Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E151 arrives at Sernada do Vouga at 14:05 with a train from Aveiro. It came off the train here and was replaced by 2-4-6-0T No. E213 to depart for Viseu at 14:10. Tuesday 10th November 1970. No. E151 (built 1905) was based at Livração on the Tamega line for many years, but arrived on the Sernada system in November 1969.
GMP_Slide6023_CPE121_Viseu.jpg	1970/11/10, 15. The sun is low in the sky and the moon has already risen as one of the lovely Borsig built 4-6-0T engines No. E121 starts away from Viseu station with the 17:02 train to Santa Comba Dão on the evening of Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6014_CPE213_Sernada.jpg	1970/11/10, 09. View from the 14:10 train from Sernada do Vouga to Viseu as Henschel Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E213 crosses the viaduct (Poço de S. Tiago) on the line between Sernada and Paradela as the line follows the valley of the Rio Vouga. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5828_CPRailcar_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 05. A metre-gauge Allan diesel Railcar plus trailer arriving into Tua with a train from Bragança and Mirandela on Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5824_CPE55_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 03. The metre-gauge pilot engine at Tua was this 0-6-0T CP No. E55, built by Kessler in 1889. The early afternoon of Friday 6th November 1970 found the engine simmering in the shade of the engine "shed" alongside the station. Sadly, in this year (2006) which sees the 150th anniversary of Portuguese Railways, this line and the other metre-gauge lines in Northern Portugal are under threat of closure by the Portuguese government. If you would like to see how the line looks today and what may be lost with closure, visit http://ocomboio.net/diaporama/linha_do_tua_2006/index.html Thanks!
GMP_Slide5841_CPE111_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 11. The crew of CP metre-gauge 2-6-0T No. E111 (built by Kessler in 1907) pose with their engine at Tua, having just made up the train, the 14:45 "Misto" (mixed train) to Mirandela on Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5811_CPE207_Carrazedo.jpg	1970/11/05, 5. The vines on the terraces have taken on their autumnal hues as CP metre-gauge Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E207 rounds the curve towards Carrazedo station with a train from Régua to Vila Real. Once it restarts its train from the station, it will climb round the loops here until it passes the point where I am standing. Thursday 5th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5812_CPE207_Carrazedo.jpg	1970/11/05, 6. Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E207 has stopped in the station at Carrazedo and the fireman is piling on coal for the gradients ahead round the many curves to climb out of the valley and on to Vila Real, where this train was due to arrive at 13:15.  Thursday 5th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5815_CPE207_Carrazedo.jpg	1970/11/05, 7. Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E207 had stopped in the station at Carrazedo and is now well into the gradients round the many curves to climb out of the valley and on to Vila Real, where this train was due to arrive at 13:15.  Thursday 5th November 1970. A couple of the local population stand in the shade of a lineside tree to watch the train go by.
GMP_Slide5818_CPE214_Cruzeiro.jpg	1970/11/05, 8. Henschel Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E214 is at the head of a mixed train, 14:04 from Vila Real to Régua, making its way downhill near Cruzeiro on the afternoon of Thursday 5th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5820_CPE207_VilaReal.jpg	1970/11/06, 01. Henschel Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E207 arrives into Vila Real station with an early morning train from Chaves. This departed from Vila Real at 09:16 for Régua. Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide4593_CP248_AllanRailcar_Tua.jpg	1969/11/07, 09. Simultaneous departures from Tua as a metre-gauge Allan railcar leaves for Mirandela, climbing away from the broad-gauge line where Borsig compound 4-6-0 No. 248 is departing with its mixed train from Barca d'Alva to Porto, which it hauled as far as Régua. Friday 7th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5647_CPE2xx_CorgoViaduct.jpg	1970/11/02, 8. An unidentified metre-gauge Henschel 2-4-6-0T Mallet crosses the viaduct over the Rio Corgo as it departs from Régua for Chaves with the 17:45 mixed train. Note the first vehicle is the water carrier wagon, possibly bound for Carrazedo. Despite the fact that the sun has almost set, some local women are still doing their washing by the river! Monday 2nd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5654_CPE54_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 01. The cool air of an autumn morning condenses the exhaust steam and smoke which blots out the rising sun at Régua station as the station pilots go about their business of marshalling trains. The narrow gauge pilot is E54, an 0-6-0T built by Kessler in 1889, here shunting a set of coaches including a postal van complete with post-box. Just visible in the background is 2-6-4T No. 076, the broad gauge pilot. Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide4555_CP4-6-0_Ferradosa.jpg	1969/11/07, 02. On the rather dull morning of Friday 7th November 1969, I took the 06:45 "Misto" train from Régua for my first trip east along the Douro valley to Pocinho, and I was delighted by the rugged terrain of the landscape. The engineering to build the railway required tunnels, viaducts and ledges through the gorges and the whole journey was very impressive. Here, an unidentified "B12" type Henschel 4-6-0 is at the head of the train as it approaches the viaduct which crossed the Douro from the north to south side, Ferradosa station can just be seen beyond the viaduct. Since the dam was built downstream from here, this viaduct was demolished and a new concrete and lattice girder bridge built slightly further upstream. This meant a new station was required for Ferradosa, the old station now being a restaurant!
GMP_Slide4585_CP268_Vargelas.jpg	1969/11/07, 07. Not a brilliant picture as this caught me by surprise! Seen from the Barca d'Alva to Régua train, Fives-Lille built De Glehn compound No. 268 is in charge of an eastbound goods train at Vargelas, the station within Taylor's port Quinta of the same name. This was the only time I saw this engine in action, unfortunately. Since the building of the dam further downstream, the valley on the right is now flooded by the Rio Douro to a level only a few feet below the railway, Friday 7th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4381_CPE169_Francos.jpg	1969/11/03, 13. Metre-gauge Henschel Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E169 catches the last rays of the evening sunshine as it brings its wonderful train of four-wheeled coaches and a van along the somewhat switchback track near Francos with a working from Senhora da Hora to Porto Trindade. Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4358_CPE142_E164_PovoaDeVarzim.jpg	1969/11/03, 09. Metre-gauge Henschel 2-8-2T No. E142 has just been serviced at the small loco depot at Povoa de Varzim and is now making its way towards the terminal part of the station (out of picture to the right), while Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E164 has just arrived at the through platform with a train from the Lousado and Familição loop line, Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4341_CPE142_VilaDoConde.jpg	1969/11/03, 05. Henschel 2-8-2T No. E142 starts away from the station stop at Vila do Conde and is about to pass under the old aqueduct as it makes its way to Povoa de Varzim with a train from Porto Trindade, Monday 3rd November 1969. The aqueduct was built in the 18th Century, was five kilometres long with 999 arches, bringing water to feed the fountain in the Cloisters of the Convent of Santa Clara.
GMP_Slide5707_CP238_Reflection_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 10. 2-8-4T No. 0183 is seen reflected in the cracked glass of the oil headlamp on the bufferbeam of Borsig 4-6-0 No. 238, both sitting on shed at Régua on the morning of Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide4364_CPE142_SenhoraDaHora.jpg	1969/11/03, 10. Henschel 2-8-2T No. E142 pauses at Senhora da Hora station with its lightweight train from Povoa de Varzim to Porto Trindade. Some 15 months after the end of steam on British Railways, sights like these were a wonder to behold!  Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide5692_CP286_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 08. Henschel inside cylinder 4-6-0 No. 286 has just been prepared for its next duty at Régua depot and positvely gleams in the mid-day sunshine as it leaves the depot and makes its way to the station to await the arrival of the 09:37 train from Porto. This arrived diesel-hauled, and after some shunting and addition of goods vehicles etc., it departed for Barca d'Alva at 12:35. Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide4366_CPE169_SenhoraDaHora.jpg	1969/11/03, 11. Henschel Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E169 arrives at Senhora da Hora with a marvellous rake of four-wheel coaches and a van, a working from Porto Trindade which terminated here, the engine running round and taking water before returning to Porto after a short wait. Monday 3rd November 1969.
GMP_Slide4415_CP715_701_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 10. Contumil loco depot lay between the main Minho and Douro lines on one side and the branch line to Leixões on the other. In the foreground is 2-8-0 No. 715 in the depot yard, while 2-8-0 No. 701 is climbing away from the main line on the embankment behind with a freight train for the docks at Leixões. No. 715 was built by North British in 1921 whilst 701 was built by Schwartzkopf in 1912. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide4418_CP293_Contumil.jpg	1969/11/04, 12. CP 4-6-0 No. 293 was one of the series built by Henschel in 1913, apparently based on the Prussian P8 design, and looks a treat! The engine has just come on shed at Contumil having worked the 08:55 Braga to Porto passenger train. Tuesday 4th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5968_CPE210_Espinho.jpg	1970/11/09, 03. Henschel 2-4-6-0T Mallet E210 sets off from the joint narrow gauge and broad gauge station at Espinho with the 11:00 train for Oliviera de Azemeis, on the line to Sernada do Vouga. Monday 9th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5980_CPE132_Railbus_Espinho.jpg	1970/11/09, 04. A busy scene at the metre-gauge loco depot at Espinho, northern terminus of the Sernada do Vouga system, where it connected with the broad gauge main line. On the left, preparing to go off shed, is 2-8-2T No. E132, one of three engines built by Henschel in 1924. In the centre is Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E182 (Henschel 1923), while arriving at the depot on the right is one of the "ME" Railbuses. These were single-ended so had to be turned at the end of each duty, this one had just come in with a working from Sernada. Monday 9th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5982_CPE132_E182_Espinho.jpg	1970/11/09, 05. Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E182 makes an incredibly smokey start away from Espinho station and is passing the depot where 2-8-2T No. E132 is about to go onto the turntable. E182's train is the 13:20 mixed train to Oliveira de Azemeis on Monday 9th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5984_CPE132_Espinho.jpg	1970/11/09, 06. The fireman of E132 puts his back into turning the engine on the manual turntable at Espinho loco depot as the driver oils round the motion. The engine was being prepared to take the 15:55 mixed train to Viseu as far as Sernada do Vouga on Monday 9th November 1970. E132 was a 2-8-2T built by Henschel in 1924.
GMP_Slide5716_CP286_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 14. CP Henschel 4-6-0 No. 286 starts away from Régua along the mixed-gauge track shared with the Corgo line as far as the viaduct over the Rio Corgo. This train was the 12:35 departure from Régua to Barca d'Alva. Tuesday 3rd November 1970.
GMP_Slide5705_CP238_0183_Regua.jpg	1970/11/03, 09. Two broad gauge engines face each other at the mixed gauge loco depot at Régua on Tuesday 3rd November 1970. In the background is Henschel 2-8-4T No. 0183, while in the foreground is Borsig 4 cylinder compound 4-6-0 No. 238, both nicely polished up.
GMP_Slide5860_CPE55_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 15. Kessler 0-6-0T No. E55 is now going about its shunting duties as station pilot at Tua narrow-gauge station, making up trains for later dispatch on the afternoon of Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5854_CPE55_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 14. Now later in the afternoon and 0-6-0T No. E55 moves alongside the coal and water facilities at Tua narrow-gauge station, to be prepared for a bout of shunting for the next train. Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5823_CPE55_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 02. The metre-gauge pilot engine at Tua was this 0-6-0T CP No. E55, built by Kessler in 1889. The early afternoon of Friday 6th November 1970 found the engine simmering in the shade of the engine "shed" alongside the station.
GMP_Slide5844_CPE111_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 12. CP Metre gauge 2-6-0T No. E111 (built by Kessler in 1907) poses at Tua, having just made up the train, the 14:45 "Misto" (mixed train) to Mirandela on Friday 6th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5840_CPE111_Tua.jpg	1970/11/06, 10. The crew of CP Metre gauge 2-6-0T No. E111 (built by Kessler in 1907) pose with their engine at Tua, having just made up the train, the 14:45 "Misto" (mixed train) to Mirandela on Friday 6th November 1970. What a wonderful collection of rolling stock is alongside in the siding!
GMP_Slide4554_CPE52_Tua.jpg	1969/11/07, 01. Watched by some of the passengers (and myself!) aboard the broad gauge train at Tua, metre-gauge station pilot No. E52 (Kessler 0-6-0T named "Vizeu") does some shunting prior to the next departure for Mirandela on the dull morning of Friday 7th November 1969.
GMP_Slide5995_CPE213_Sernada.jpg	1970/11/10, 01. Metre gauge Henschel Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E213 stands alongside the coaling facility at Sernada do Vouga station, being prepared to work the train departing at 14:10 to Viseu, this train arriving from Aveiro at 14:05 behind 0-4-4-0T No. E151. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5988_CPE132_Espinho.jpg	1970/11/09, 07. CP metre gauge 2-8-2T No. E132, one of three engines built by Henschel in 1924, makes a smoky start out of Espinho with the 15:55 mixed train for Viseu, at the far end of the Sernada system, Monday 9th November 1970.
GMP_Slide5991_CPE132_Espinho.jpg	1970/11/09, 09. CP metre gauge 2-8-2T No. E132, one of three engines built by Henschel in 1924, makes a smoky start out of Espinho with the 15:55 mixed train for Viseu, at the far end of the Sernada system, Monday 9th November 1970. One of the crew acknowledges the camera as the engine pounds by!
GMP_Slide6001_CPE213_Sernada.jpg	1970/11/10, 02. 2-4-6-0T No. E213 has now moved off the depot at Sernada do Vouga in readiness to take over the train from Aveiro to Viseu, due to arrive very soon. Classmate No. E215 is acting as shed pilot on the left of the picture, shunting 2-6-0T No. E97 and one of the earlier built 2-4-6-0Ts No. E181, which has its motion partially stripped down. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6002_CPE181_Sernada.jpg	1970/11/10, 03. 2-4-6-0T No. E215 is still doing some shunting at the depot in Sernada do Vouga, which housed the main shed and workshops for the Vouga system. It has just left 2-4-6-0T No. E181 in a siding and is now repositioning 2-6-0T No. E97. E181 has its motion partially stripped down for attention. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6015_CPE213_E132_Paradela.jpg	1970/11/10, 10. 2-8-2T No. E132 has just come down the rather fearsome looking gradient in the background with its two-coach train from Viseu to Sernada do Vouga, while 2-4-6-0T No. E213 waits in the station loop with the 14:10 train from Sernada to Viseu, on which I was travelling. I think this is Paradela station, but stand to be corrected! Tuesday 10th November 1970. The location has now been confirmed as Paradela by Fernando Pedreira - thank you!
GMP_Slide6011_CPE213_Sernada-Viseu.jpg	1970/11/10, 06. View from the train as CP Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E213 works the 14:10 Sernada do Vouga to Viseu along the valley of The Rio Vouga, soon after leaving Sernada. Tuesday 10th November 1970. The line closed in 1989 and was dismantled, though parts can be walked along.
GMP_Slide6004_CPE181_E91_Sernada.jpg	1970/11/10, 04. 2-6-0T No. E91 is being prepared to work a train at Sernada shed, while 2-4-6-0T No. E181 awaits some attention, the motion of its rear set of wheels partially stripped down. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6012_CPE213_Sernada-Viseu.jpg	1970/11/10, 07. 2-4-6-0T No. E213 continues its journey alongside the Rio Vouga en route from Sernada do Vouga to Viseu with the 14:10 train from Sernada. It will soon cross the river at Poço de S. Tiago and on to Paradela. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6013_CPE213_Sernada-Viseu.jpg	1970/11/10, 08. 2-4-6-0T No. E213 continues its journey alongside the Rio Vouga en route from Sernada do Vouga to Viseu with the 14:10 train from Sernada. It will soon cross the river at Poço de S. Tiago and on to Paradela. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6019_CPE210_Vouzela.jpg	1970/11/10, 13. Trains pass at Vouzela station which is a sight to behold with its floral display and topiary garden! I am on board the 14:10 train from Sernada do Vouga to Viseu behind Mallet No. E213 arriving at the station. Fellow Mallet No. E210 is already in the loop with the 15:53 train from Viseu to Sernada, raring to go! Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6017_CPE213_Cedrim.jpg	1970/11/10, 12. No queries about the location of this picture! 2-4-6-0T No. E213 pauses at Cedrim station with the 14:10 train from Sernada do Vouga to Viseu on the afternoon of Tuesday 10th November 1970. There was no passing loop here, just the small siding to the goods shed.
GMP_Slide6021_CPE213_S.PedroDoSul.jpg	1970/11/10, 14. Mallet 2-4-6-0T No. E213 is at the head of the 14:10 train from Sernada do Vouga to Viseu and is about to cross the Rio Vouga at São Pedro do Sul by a rather splendid viaduct, then on to the final stretches of reverse curves on the line to Viseu on the lovely afternoon of Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6025_CPE84_Viseu.jpg	1970/11/10, 16. CP 2-6-0T No. E84 was built by Esslingen in 1886 and is here brewing-up for its next duty alongside the extensive but fairly empty coal stocks at Viseu shed. Beyond is 2-6-0T No. E95, a comparative youngster built by Decauville in 1910. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6016_CPE132_Paradela.jpg	1970/11/10, 11. Seen from the train departing behind E213 to Viseu, 2-8-2T No. E132 draws to a halt at Paradela station with a train from Viseu to Sernada do Vouga on the afternoon of Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6032_CPE95_Viseu.jpg	1970/11/10, 17. CP metre-gauge 2-6-0T No. E95 was built by Decauville in 1910 and sixty years later is shunting at Viseu station on the Vouga system. The leading coach in the train is a Postal coach and judging by the piles of parcels and packages under the station canopy, there was plenty of traffic for the train! Sadly, the lines to Sernada and Santa Comba Dão closed around 1989, leaving Viseu as one of the largest cities in Europe without a rail service. Tuesday 10th November 1970.
GMP_Slide6033_CPE151_Viseu.jpg	1970/11/11, 1. Early morning on Wednesday 11th November 1970 and the cold mist is just clearing to allow the sun to give a glint off the tanksides of Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E151 as it sits alongside the engine shed at Viseu, before the day's work commences.
GMP_Slide6036_CPE151_Viseu.jpg	1970/11/11, 2. Early morning on Wednesday 11th November 1970 and the cold mist is just clearing to allow the sun to give a glint off the tanksides of Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E151 as it sits outside the engine shed at Viseu, before the day's work commences.
GMP_Slide6040_CPE121_Railbus_SantaCombaDao.jpg	1970/11/11, 3. The crew of a "Railbus", No. ME 52, leave it alongside Borsig 4-6-0T No. E121, after it had arrived with a morning working from Viseu to Santa Comba Dão, on the track leading to the rudimentary loco shed. The metre gauge station here was alongside the broad gauge station on the line from Pampilhosa to Vilar Formoso. Wednesday 11th November 1970.