Garfield Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 (edited) I was in Lisbon last weekend and managed to get some photos of some trams and trains while I was there... First, some photos of trams on the city's streets. The track gauge is 900m or 2ft 11 7⁄16in. A quick snap of a metro train. And some shots taken at Gare de Lisbonne-Santa Apolónia. The mainline gauge in Portugal is the same as in Spain - 1,668 mm or 5ft 5 21⁄32in (Iberian Gauge). (That logo looks oddly familiar...) (These coaches look very like the old Inox coaches formerly operated by SNCF) (Two EMUs waiting to depart. The one on the right is a double-decker unit).) (The station pilot. Pretty sure this is an English Electric loco, judging by the bogies and the whistle from the engine.) A couple of shots taken around the area of Belém, where the railway runs between two parallel roads... And finally, a shot of Gare do Oriente taken from the outside at night. Edited March 28, 2015 by Garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Lovely pics Pat....great that you thought of us boyos when your on hols!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nice shots, I believe the English electric loco is basically a class 20 in a different body. They used to have a small fleet of locos closely related to class 50s too. I think their Alcos are gone now too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinvara-Train Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Nice Pic's and the station are very clean wow:tumbsup: Thanks Best Regards Walter The West a Wake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 Thanks folks! Nice shots, I believe the English electric loco is basically a class 20 in a different body. They used to have a small fleet of locos closely related to class 50s too. I think their Alcos are gone now too? Yeah, fairly sure the ALCOs are gone now... would love to see one in the flesh. However, it looks like the EE design team took its queue from the RS-2's profile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Thanks folks! Yeah, fairly sure the ALCOs are gone now... would love to see one in the flesh. However, it looks like the EE design team took its queue from the RS-2's profile! They're quite similar alright. Are the big French diesels that ran in Portugal gone now too? They always sounded impressive, 56esque and 071 levels of noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 They're quite similar alright. Are the big French diesels that ran in Portugal gone now too? They always sounded impressive, 56esque and 071 levels of noise. I'm not sure, Fran... I don't know an awful lot about Portuguese railways, to be honest. They did have some locos which were based on SNCF's BB 6300 class. Are these the ones you're referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I'm not sure, Fran... I don't know an awful lot about Portuguese railways, to be honest. They did have some locos which were based on SNCF's BB 6300 class. Are these the ones you're referring to? Erm, I have little knowledge of the French stuff. These fellas! CP (Comboios de Portugal) 1900 Series Diesel Locomotive, Poceirão, Portugal by Pantufa, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) Erm, I have little knowledge of the French stuff. These fellas! Ah ha! Haven't a clue... however, their French cousins (CC 7200) are an extremely endangered species now - only two left in traffic to haul dead TGV sets between depots. Edit: Looks like they may still be in service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP_Class_1900 Edited March 30, 2015 by Garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSR 800 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 the trams are beutiful,especially in that yellow paint job.All the locos look so clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutschbahn Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Ah ha! Haven't a clue... however, their French cousins (CC 7200) are an extremely endangered species now - only two left in traffic to haul dead TGV sets between depots. Edit: Looks like they may still be in service As far as I know there is still one operating from Cacia to Aveiro Port as the line is not electrified. Here is a photo on flickr taken two months ago of CP 1902:https://www.flickr.com/photos/42358390@N03/16446478900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 As far as I know there is still one operating from Cacia to Aveiro Port as the line is not electrified. Here is a photo on flickr taken two months ago of CP 1902:https://www.flickr.com/photos/42358390@N03/16446478900 Cheers for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMMUTER29000 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) On my last trip to Portugal last summer I seen one in a loco transfer with a 1960 and two vectons. I hope to get some more shots this summer as they sometimes work wood trains from Tuy - Gaia in Porto. Edited March 30, 2015 by COMMUTER29000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201bhoy Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Great pics Garfieldsghost!!! I was in Lisbon last year, really liked it! Got a night train from Madrid. Were you in the Alfama area by any chance. Some of the pictures look like it. Unbelievable views! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) On my last trip to Portugal last summer I seen one in a loco transfer with a 1960 and two vectons. I hope to get some more shots this summer as they sometimes work wood trains from Tuy - Gaia in Porto. Nice video. Must actually visit Porto again myself... it's a beautiful city. Great pics Garfieldsghost!!! I was in Lisbon last year, really liked it! Got a night train from Madrid. Were you in the Alfama area by any chance. Some of the pictures look like it. Unbelievable views! Cheers! We covered a lot of ground there, so it's possible some of those tram pics were taken around Alfama. Edited March 31, 2015 by Garfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.c363cdf5c3fb7955cd92a55eb6dbbae0.png){kind=logo}
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.