1969/11/07, 07. Not a brilliant picture as this caught me by surprise! Seen from the Barca d'Alva to Régua train, Fives-Lille built De Glehn compound No. 268 is in charge of an eastbound goods train at Vargelas, the station within Taylor's port Quinta of the same name. This was the only time I saw this engine in action, unfortunately. Since the building of the dam further downstream, the valley on the right is now flooded by the Rio Douro to a level only a few feet below the railway, Friday 7th November 1969.
1969/11/07, 07. Not a brilliant picture as this caught me by surprise! Seen from the Barca d'Alva to Régua train, Fives-Lille built De Glehn compound No. 268 is in charge of an eastbound goods train at Vargelas, the station within Taylor's port Quinta of the same name. This was the only time I saw this engine in action, unfortunately. Since the building of the dam further downstream, the valley on the right is now flooded by the Rio Douro to a level only a few feet below the railway, Friday 7th November 1969.
10th February 2007
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1969/11/07, 06. 4 cylinder compound 4-6-0 No. 248 was one of two survivors (the other being No. 238) built by Borsig in Berlin in 1904 and was a very handsome machine. It is at the head of a mixed train (including a Postal coach) which has arrived at Pocinho from Barca d'Alva and is now preparing to depart for Régua and Porto. It was banked out of Pocinho by 4-6-0 No. 281. Friday 7th November 1969.Previous | Next1969/11/07, 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.

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