1969/11/03, 03. Henschel metre gauge 2-8-2T No. E144 crosses the viaduct over the Rio Ave just south of Vila do Conde with a train from Porto Trindade to Povoa de Varzim on Monday 3rd November 1969. It looks like Monday was washday as some of the locals use the river and some large stones - how times have changed!
1969/11/03, 03. Henschel metre gauge 2-8-2T No. E144 crosses the viaduct over the Rio Ave just south of Vila do Conde with a train from Porto Trindade to Povoa de Varzim on Monday 3rd November 1969. It looks like Monday was washday as some of the locals use the river and some large stones - how times have changed!
6th May 2006
Portugal
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1969/11/03, 02. The through platforms alongside Porto Boa Vista were actually called Avenida da França and northbound trains from Porto Trindade arrived through a tunnel. One of the four large 2-8-2T's built by Henschel in 1931 arrives with a train for Povoa de Varzim on the morning of Monday 3rd November 1969.Previous | Next1969/11/03, 04. CP metre-gauge 2-8-2T No. E143 (Henschel 1931) comes round the curve from Vila do Conde station and approaches the viaduct over the Rio Ave with a passenger train from Povoa de Varzim to Porto Trindade on Monday 3rd November 1969.

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