Spain & Portugal

My very first trip abroad in 1969 was by train from London to Porto, via Newhaven, ferry to Dieppe, train to Paris, bus across Paris, onwards by train to Hendaye, Irun, Salamanca, Fuentes de Oñoro, Pampilhosa and Aveiro in order to sample the steamy delights of the Douro Valley (Port wine country!) and it was quite an adventure - no easyJet in those days! It took three days to get there, including an overnight run across France, a day in Spain for photography and another overnight trip to Porto. It was well worth it and I repeated the trip exactly a year later. Photos are in chronological order, oldest first - more will be added as time permits. I will upload photos from 1969 when time permits.... Photos are taken with my first SLR camera, a Pentax S1a using a variety of prime lenses. Metering by Weston Master V and the majority of the pictures are on Agfa CT18 film, just a few on High Speed Ektachrome, which was all of 160asa! I have also managed to collect a number of original slides which pre-date my own visits and fill in some gaps, these are mainly on Kodachrome film, I hope you will enjoy these too!

E170, Porto Boa Vista, 2nd November 1969

49 / 296

E170, Porto Boa Vista, 2nd November 1969

The metre gauge lines north of Porto started from the terminal station at Porto Trindade, however, the original terminus was at Porto Boa Vista. In railway terms, this was very well named as there were indeed some beautiful sights to behold! At the loco servicing depot there Henschel Mallet 0-4-4-0T No. E170 (the "E" prefix denoted a narrow gauge engine) positively gleams in the late afternoon sunshine after attention from her driver. At this time engines were still "single-manned" - allocated to one crew - and great pride was taken in the engines' appearance. Sunday 2nd November 1969. Slide No. 4299.

GMP Slide4299 CPE170 PortoBoaVista 021169 Geoff Plumb

Fernando Santiago Rodriguez Escudero
on November 21, 2011
Me he caído con todo el artesonado.No tenía ni idea de que las Pacific tunecinas del Ferrocarril de La Robla llegaron a tener color verde en su totalidad.
João Silva
on September 30, 2011
Beautiful collection of ancient photos of our railroad .In the Fotopic had this collection and with great success .Bem has because of spreading these photos, which in these modern times, we have not for here.

João Silva - Portugal
Paulo Ferreira
on July 31, 2011
Mr. Plumb should be awarded an honorary portuguese citizenship. Your slides (and your friends') are amongst the best records available of the late steam/ early diesel era in Portugal. Highly commended collection!

Spain & Portugal

Fernando Santiago Rodriguez Escudero

João Silva

Paulo Ferreira