1969/11/07, 02. On the rather dull morning of Friday 7th November 1969, I took the 06:45 "Misto" train from Régua for my first trip east along the Douro valley to Pocinho, and I was delighted by the rugged terrain of the landscape. The engineering to build the railway required tunnels, viaducts and ledges through the gorges and the whole journey was very impressive. Here, an unidentified "B12" type Henschel 4-6-0 is at the head of the train as it approaches the viaduct which crossed the Douro from the north to south side, Ferradosa station can just be seen beyond the viaduct. Since the dam was built downstream from here, this viaduct was demolished and a new concrete and lattice girder bridge built slightly further upstream. This meant a new station was required for Ferradosa, the old station now being a restaurant!