1969/11/07, 09. Simultaneous departures from Tua as a metre-gauge Allan railcar leaves for Mirandela, climbing away from the broad-gauge line where Borsig compound 4-6-0 No. 248 is departing with its mixed train from Barca d'Alva to Porto, which it hauled as far as Régua. Friday 7th November 1969.
1969/11/07, 09. Simultaneous departures from Tua as a metre-gauge Allan railcar leaves for Mirandela, climbing away from the broad-gauge line where Borsig compound 4-6-0 No. 248 is departing with its mixed train from Barca d'Alva to Porto, which it hauled as far as Régua. Friday 7th November 1969.
16th December 2006
Portugal
Plumb Loco
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1969/11/07, 08. Many stretches of the beautiful Douro line from Porto to the Spanish border at Barca d'Alva involved spectacular engineering works. Here the afternoon mixed train from Barca d'Alva to Porto has just left Ferradosa station and is crossing to the north side of the Rio Douro over the lattice girder bridge as it heads for Tua through the river gorge. This part of the river has since been dammed and this viaduct was demolished, only the abutments remaining. A new concrete and lattice girder viaduct was built slightly further upstream and a new station built for Ferradosa. Part of the old trackbed was used to build a new road to Taylor's Port Quinta de Vargelas, which also has its own station within the vineyard! The train is hauled by one of the two remaining Borsig 4 cylinder compound 4-6-0's, No. 248, built in 1904. Friday 7th November 1969.Previous | Next1969/11/08, 01. Henschel 1924 built 4 cylinder compound 4-6-2 CP No. 553 rushes down the grade near Rio Tinto with the 08:55 train from Braga to Porto on the very dull morning of Saturday 8th November 1969. Apologies for the poor quality of this photo - this was the only time I saw one of these engines in action!

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