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.
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.
23rd April 2006
Portugal
Plumb Loco
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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.Previous | Next1969/11/05, 7. CP No. 285 is one of the inside cylinder 4-6-0's built by Henschel in 1910 and known as

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