1969/11/03, 06. Seen from the platforms of the terminal part of the station at Povoa de Varzim, the small sub-shed plays host to Henschel 2-8-2T No. E142, while the crew prepare the engine for its next run back to Porto Trindade. Monday 3rd November 1969.
1969/11/03, 06. Seen from the platforms of the terminal part of the station at Povoa de Varzim, the small sub-shed plays host to Henschel 2-8-2T No. E142, while the crew prepare the engine for its next run back to Porto Trindade. Monday 3rd November 1969.
3rd July 2006
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1969/11/03, 05. Henschel 2-8-2T No. E142 starts away from the station stop at Vila do Conde and is about to pass under the old aqueduct as it makes its way to Povoa de Varzim with a train from Porto Trindade, Monday 3rd November 1969. The aqueduct was built in the 18th Century, was five kilometres long with 999 arches, bringing water to feed the fountain in the Cloisters of the Convent of Santa Clara.Previous | Next1969/11/03, 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.

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