1969/11/04, 01. The morning of Tuesday 4th November 1969 dawned with an autumnal mist which took some time to clear. In the gloom at Contumil depot to the north of Porto is dumped No. 211, a 4-6-0 4 cylinder compound built by Henschel in 1924. Strangely, I saw it again a year later at Pocinho, so was it returned to traffic? Behind the 4-6-0 is 0-6-2T No. 014 and behind that is 0-6-0 No. 23, both products of Beyer Peacock.
1969/11/04, 01. The morning of Tuesday 4th November 1969 dawned with an autumnal mist which took some time to clear. In the gloom at Contumil depot to the north of Porto is dumped No. 211, a 4-6-0 4 cylinder compound built by Henschel in 1924. Strangely, I saw it again a year later at Pocinho, so was it returned to traffic? Behind the 4-6-0 is 0-6-2T No. 014 and behind that is 0-6-0 No. 23, both products of Beyer Peacock.
2nd July 2006
Portugal
Plumb Loco
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1969/11/03, 13. Metre-gauge Henschel Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E169 catches the last rays of the evening sunshine as it brings its wonderful train of four-wheeled coaches and a van along the somewhat switchback track near Francos with a working from Senhora da Hora to Porto Trindade. Monday 3rd November 1969.Previous | Next1969/11/04, 02. CP No. 23 was an 0-6-0 built by Beyer Peacock in 1875 and is here dumped in the yard at Contumil depot. It had been in use until recently as the station pilot at Porto São Bento. It was later moved to Braga shed and preserved. Tuesday 4th November 1969.

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