Portugal

Alfa Pendular at Porto C Portugal uses Italian-designed tilting trains on the Lisboa - Porto main line, being marketed as 'Alfa Pendular'. 544008 forms the 07.00 Lisboa Santa Apolónia to Braga at Porto Campanhã on 19 February 2019.
CP railcar at Covilhã Railcar 030306 at Covilhã on 19 February 1996. This unit had just arrived on the 12.30 from Guarda, a very scenic route in Eastern Portugal which closed to passengers in 2009, but reopened in 2021 following electrification.
CP Class 1800 at Tunes The Portuguese 1800 class of locomotives were built by English Electric and were based on the British Rail Class 50. For many years they hauled express pasenger trains on the Algarve main line south from Lisboa (Barreiro), but they were later relegated to freight duties and have now all been withdrawn. 1807 is seen here at Tunes on the 08.35 Barreiro to Vila Real de Santo António (Guadiana), on 17 February 1996.
CP narrow-gauge loco at Tua The railway along the Douro valley and the (now closed) branches to Vila Real and Mirandela are among the most scenic in Europe. The narrow-gauge branch from Tua to Mirandela still had locomotive-hauled passenger trains until the 1990s. 9029 stands at Tua with a Mirandela train on 22 February 1996.
Freight train at Porto C A southbound container train at Porto Campanhã on 19 February 2019, hauled by Medway locos 4704 and 2602.

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