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.
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.
23rd April 2006
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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.Previous | Next1969/11/03, 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.

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