Lisbon's railways, tramways and chimneys

In pride of place..... Lisbon's magnificent trams

The Modern Image

I've decided the best way to display these is in numerical order - that's what comes of being a computer programmer in a statistical company... So the new ones come first. These are fleet nos. 501 -510

Tram No 502, Lisbon

Tram No 503, Lisbon

Tram No 504, Lisbon

Tram No 507, Lisbon

and now, real trams...

Fleet Nos 541 - 585 are rebuilds of earlier cars

Tourist tram No 5, ex No 583	Tourist tram No 6, ex No 585	Tram No 541, Lisbon
Tram No 542, Lisbon	Tram No 542, Lisbon	Tram No 542, Lisbon
Tram No 544, Lisbon	Tram No 544, Lisbon	Tram No 544, Lisbon	Tram No 547, Lisbon
Tram No 548, Lisbon	Tram No 548, Lisbon	Tram No 548, Lisbon
Tram No 549, Lisbon	Tram No 549, Lisbon	Tram No 549, Lisbon	Tram No 551, Lisbon
Tram No 554, Lisbon	Tram No 554, Lisbon	Tram No 554, Lisbon	Tram No 554, Lisbon
Tram No 555, Lisbon	Trams Nos 555 and 558	Tram No 557, Lisbon	Tram No 557, Lisbon
Tram No 567 at Lisbon	Tram No 572 at Lisbon	Tram No 575 at Lisbon
Tram No 576 at Lisbon	Tram No 576 at Lisbon	Tram No 577 at Lisbon	Tram No 577 at Lisbon
Tram No 577 at Lisbon	Tram No 577 at Lisbon	Tram No 577 at Lisbon	Tram No 577 at Lisbon
Tram No 577 at Lisbon	Tram No 577 at Lisbon	Tram No 577 at Lisbon	Tram No 578 at Lisbon
Tram No 578 at Lisbon	Tram No 578 at Lisbon	Tram No 579 at Lisbon	Tram No 579 at Lisbon
Tram No 579 at Lisbon	Tram No 579 at Lisbon	Tram No 581 at Lisbon
Tram No 582 at Lisbon	Tram No 582 at Lisbon

These are normally used for private hire..

Fleet Nos. 713, 732, 733, 735, 741, 744

Tram No 735 at Lisbon	Tram No 735 at Lisbon	Trams Nos 735 and 541 at Lisbon	Trams Nos 735 and 541 at Lisbon
Tram No 735 at Lisbon	Tram No 735 at Lisbon	Tram No 741 at Lisbon	Ex Lisbon '734' and '704' at Palma
Tramway lines in Lisbon	Tramway lines in Lisbon	Tramway lines in Lisbon	Tramway lines in Lisbon
Tramway lines in Lisbon

Cais do Sodre Station

CP 3251 at Cais do Sodre Station	CP 3162 and 3262 at Lisbon	CP 3255 at Cais do Sodre Station	CP 3255 at Cais do Sodre Station
CP 3255 at Cais do Sodre Station	CP 3252 and 3261, Lisbon

Santa Apononia Station

CP units 2290 and 3575, Lisbon	CP unit 3575 at Santa Apononia	CP unit 4010 at Santa Apononia	CP unit 4010 at Santa Apononia
Santa Apononia Station			Shipping on the Tagus, Lisbon

Industry and chimneys

Train on the Tagus Bridge, Lisbon	Train on the Tagus Bridge, Lisbon	Factory on Tagus estuary, Lisbon	Factory on Tagus estuary, Lisbon
One of Lisbon's many chimneys	Another of Lisbon's many chimneys	Another of Lisbon's many chimneys	Another of Lisbon's many chimneys

Porto

Porto City

Railways, bridges, funicular and industry

CP unit '2268' at Campanha station	CP unit '2268' at Campanha station	CP '4706' at Campanha station	Campanha station, Porto
Campanha station, Porto	Sao Bento station, Porto	Sao Bento station, Porto	Sao Bento station, Porto
Douro river bridges	Douro river bridges	Douro river bridges	Douro river bridges
Disused Eiffel railway bridge	Tunnels near Sao Bento station	Porto Funicular	Porto Funicular
Derelict factory on river bank, Porto	Kilns below Eiffel bridge, Porto	Kilns below Eiffel bridge, Porto

Porto's tramways

Metro tram '011' at Porto	Metro tram '026' at Porto	Metro tram '060' at Porto	Metro tram '128' at Porto
Metro tram at Porto	Historic tram '216' at Porto	Historic tram '216' at Porto	Historic tram '216' at Porto
Historic tram '216' at Porto	Historic tram '218' at Porto	Riverside tram depot, Porto

Regua and the Vila Real and Lamego branchlines

Regua

Regua is situated on the north bank of the River Douro and there are three major bridges across it in the town. Farthest away from the station is the soaring and impressive new motorway bridge from Viseu. This, the Ponte Miguel Torga, goes across the River Douro at a height of up to 85 metres at its maximum. It is a pre-stressed concrete bridge and elegantly conveys the IP3 motorway.

The nearest of the three bridges to the railway station is the attractive "Ponte Metalica" or Metallic Bridge. This was built as a road bridge in 1872 in King D. Luis I reign, whose name and bridge-building are more famously linked in the main Ponte D. Luis double-deck bridge in Oporto. However, the 19th century bridge in Regua had to be taken out of use in 1949 due to the poor state of its wooden "table" carrying the roadway. After, incredibly, more than sixty years of being unused for any purpose, it is now (2011) being repaired, but for pedestrian-only use, at a cost of more than one million euros.

In 1949, therefore, road traffic was transferred to the adjacent unused rail bridge, which had been constructed years earlier for the proposed line from Regua to Lamego. However, that railway was never built and the bridge was therefore available for road traffic and is the one still in use today.

Ex-JR 019710 at Regua station	Ex-JR 019710 at Regua station	CP Henschel 2-4-6-0T '079201'	CP Henschel 2-4-6-0T '079208'
CP Henschel 2-4-6-0T '079210'	Derelict CP locos at Regua station	CP Henschel 2-4-6-0T '079214'	CP Henschel 2-4-6-0T '079214'
CP Alsthom Bo-Bo '069004'	CP Alsthom Bo-Bo '069004'	Pedal power maintenance vehicle	Motorbike maintenance vehicle
CP 0-4-0WT 'E.1' at Regua station	CP 0-4-0WT 'E.1' at Regua station	Old carriages at Regua station	Old carriages at Regua station
Old carriages at Regua Station	'DP212' at Regua Station	'DP212' at Regua Station	'DP212' at Regua Station
CP DMU '054' at Regua	CP DMU '058' at Regua Station	CP DMUs '054' and '057' at Regua	CP DMU '048' at Regua Station
East end of Regua Station	East end of Regua Station	East end of Regua Station	East end of Regua Station
Metre gauge platforms at Regua	Turntable loop at Regua Station

Regua to Lamego Railway

The rail link from Regua to Lamego was planned as early as 1906, the same year that the line up the opposite valley was opened to Vila Real. However, although the foundations for the track had been made and space for the station at Lamego had long been earmarked, the railway only got as far as building the vital bridge across the Douro in 1933. Further delays meant that World War II effectively put an end to the whole project, leaving not only the rail bridge as a white elephant, but also another structure a little distance from Regua - the Varosa bridge. For more on this aborted rail project see the "Narrow gauge railways of Portugal" by W.J.K. Davies (Plateway Press, 1998), pages 135-36 and 273

Lamego branch river bridge

Lamego branch river bridge

Lamego branch river bridge

Cutting on Lamego road,

Douro Valley

Railways, shipping and industry

Along the Douro Railway	Along the Douro Railway	Along the Douro Railway	Submerged viaduct on the Douro Railway
A tunnel on the Douro Railway	A tunnel on the Douro Railway	A tunnel on the Douro Railway	A viaduct on the Douro Railway
Old viaduct abutments	Ex-JR '019102' at Livracao station	Tua Station on the Douro Railway	Tua Station on the Douro Railway
Tua Station on the Douro Railway	CP '079166' at Tua Station	CP '079166' at Tua Station	CP '079213' at Pocinho Station
Douro second dam tramway	Factory in the Douro Valley	Factory in the Douro Valley	Factory in the Douro Valley
Factory in the Douro Valley	Factory in the Douro Valley	'Seixinha P.106.AL'	'Seixinha P.106.AL'
'Seixinha P.106.AL'	'Dragao P-91AL', 'Pollux P-53-AL'	'Incomati P-45AL'	'Ariex P-103-AL'
'Jose-Rebeiro P-101-AL'	'Iberica Hav' on the River Douro

Madeira

Madeira's mountainside rack railway

Plaque on Monte Station	Monte Station, Madeira	Monte Station and up the line	Monte viaduct, Madeira
Monte viaduct, Madeira	Monte viaduct and down the line