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.