1969/11/05, 5. CP inside cylinder 4-6-0 No. 281 has been stabled off the turntable at Régua depot and is now having steam pressure built up with an incredible pall of oily smoke rising into the air. The local residents must have loved it! Wednesday 5th November 1969.
1969/11/05, 5. CP inside cylinder 4-6-0 No. 281 has been stabled off the turntable at Régua depot and is now having steam pressure built up with an incredible pall of oily smoke rising into the air. The local residents must have loved it! Wednesday 5th November 1969.
2nd September 2006
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1969/11/05, 4. CP inside cylinder 4-6-0 No. 281 (Henschel 1910) is turned on the mixed-gauge turntable at Régua depot having arrived with a train from Barca d'Alva on the morning of Wednesday 5th November 1969. Note the turntable was also built in Germany!Previous | Next1969/11/05, 6. Borsig 4 cylinder compound 4-6-0 CP No. 248 comes off the shed at Régua after servicing to take up its next duty, taking over a diesel hauled train from Porto onwards to Barca d'Alva. The main line from Porto arrives in Régua through the tunnel in the background. Wednesday 5th November 1969.

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