European Railways in the 1990s Pinhal Novo Station (Portugal CP) on 24th March 1998

EUROPEAN RAILWAYS of the 1990s
Pinhal Novo Station (Portugal CP) on 24th March 1998
Estação Ferroviária Pinhal Novo
A few miles out of Barreiro we come to the busy station of Pinhal Novo. A beautiful station with a wonderful signalbox. The footbridge offers a great vantage point, but I remained on the platform. A little shop on the opposite platform sold a well needed ice cream (Yes even in March). A lot of both freight and passenger services were caught on film, and a superb shot of an empty car train probably heading for a nearby car manufacturer's and returning with cars on board, probably again heading for export from the port of Sines. Hopefully some kind viewer will enlighten me with this information as at the time of recording I was not aware of this traffic. A few other long freight trains were seen as well as the aluminium bodied diesel units on the more local trains. I hope this series will appeal to the European enthusiast as well as the BR enthusiasts and again feel free to comment on any material or subscribe to the channel to help support it's growing popularity. It may not always be possible to answer every comment or question, especially if it is not in English, but every comment is read and greatly appreciated. I do hope this video entertains and evokes old fond memories of the European Railway Scene of the era. I hope you are enjoying the series, and if you are familiar with the areas featured, feel free to comment and if you do like the clip please subscribe and Like.

[Tom-Lahaye]

The mix of French, American and English power is what made the Portugese Railways so special. The Alcos already 50 years old here in the video and some added another 20 years of service to that. And then considering that the 244 engine wasn't reliable by American standards, CP kept them up remarkably well.

[CP]

What a gem of a video. Thank you so much for sharing!!

[pickle]

I'm so glad you didn't skip this station, Thank you.

[AndreiTupolev]

How very interesting. The big 1900 class Alsthom diesels, Class 20s and Alcos, stainless steel DMUs, and American style semaphore signals. And no graffiti anywhere in sight! (On the trains anyway, not even on the car transporters) 😺

[tgvnelsonribeiro]

My city, amazing video, thanks for sharing this precious :D

[panoramix]

Absolute gold! The way you captured the sound is just unmatchable. Thank you!!

[AndreiTupolev]

Not many people seem to bother to go up all those steps onto the footbridge though 😊