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.
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.
25th April 2006
Portugal
Plumb Loco
Edited using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
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 Previous | Next1969/11/07, 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.

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