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.
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.
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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.Previous | Next1969/11/05, 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.

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