Trainspotting – ERNST SCHADE PHOTOGRAPHY

Portugal, Douro valley, near Pinhão. 2013. The railway line between Porto and Pocinho. Built in 1883 and still operational.

Portugal, Douro valley. 2013. The railway station of Pinhão.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes, Pocinho. 2015. Railway crossing on the Douro line between Porto and Pocinho.

Portugal, Douro valley, Pocinho. 2015. Abandoned railway bridge. Opened in 1906 as part of the Sabor line and closed for traffic in 1988.

Portugal, Douro valley, Pocinho. 2015. Abandoned railway bridge, opened in 1906 as part of the Sabor line that closed in 1988.

Portugal, Douro valley, Pocinho. 2015. Abandoned railway bridge. Closed for traffic in 1988

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2010. The Tua railway is still operational between Carvalhais, Mirandela and Cachão (17 kilometers).

Portugal, Alto Douro, Cachão. 2017. One of the few railway stations on the Tua railway that is still operational. Bigger part of the railroad is being submerged after the barrage in the confluence of the Tua and Douro rivers was closed in May 2016.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2015. The Tua railway, constructed in 1887, is regarded as one of the top ten of the world’s most spectacular tracks. A dam was completed near the town of Tua mid 2016. About 25 kilometers of the railway track and of the Tua valley are being submerged thus destroying unrivalled natural beauty. The changing micro climate is also expected to affect the nearby Douro valley, a major wine producing area as well as UNESCO World Heritage.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2010. The Tua railway near Santa Luzia. The maintenance car on one of its last runs on the line, manned by Adelino Teixeira de Carvalho and Manuel Cardoso Liberato whose fathers and grandfathers were also employed by the National railways.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2015. The Tua railway, constructed in 1887, is regarded as one of the top ten of the world’s most spectacular tracks. A dam was completed near the town of Tua mid 2016. About 25 kilometers of the railway track and of the Tua valley are being submerged thus destroying unrivalled natural beauty. The changing micro climate is also expected to affect the nearby Douro valley, a major wine producing area as well as UNESCO World Heritage.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2010. The Tua railway heading south, as seen from Brunheda.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2015. The Tua railway, constructed in 1887, is regarded as one of the top ten of the world’s most spectacular tracks. A dam was completed near the town of Tua mid 2016. About 25 kilometers of the railway track and of the Tua valley are being submerged thus destroying unrivalled natural beauty. The changing micro climate is also expected to affect the nearby Douro valley, a major wine producing area as well as UNESCO World Heritage.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2015. The railway tunnel ‘Tunel das Fragas Mas’ of the Tua railway, constructed in 1887, is part of one of the world’s most spectacular tracks. A dam was completed near the town of Tua mid 2016. About 25 kilometers of the railway track and of the Tua valley are being submerged thus destroying unrivalled natural beauty. The changing micro climate is also expected to affect the nearby Douro valley, a major wine producing area as well as UNESCO World Heritage.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2015. The Tua railway, constructed in 1887, is regarded as one of the top ten of the world’s most spectacular tracks. A dam was completed near the town of Tua mid 2016. About 25 kilometers of the railway track and of the Tua valley are being submerged thus destroying unrivalled natural beauty. The changing micro climate is also expected to affect the nearby Douro valley, a major wine producing area as well as UNESCO World Heritage.

Portugal, Alto Douro, Abreiro. 2017. The closed railway station and bridge of Abreiro along the River Tua.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes, Abreiro. 2015. The Tua railway, constructed in 1887, is regarded as one of the top ten of the world’s most spectacular tracks. A dam was completed near the town of Tua mid 2016. About 25 kilometers of the railway track and of the Tua valley are being submerged thus destroying unrivalled natural beauty. The changing micro climate is also expected to affect the nearby Douro valley, a major wine producing area as well as UNESCO World Heritage.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2015. The Tua railway, constructed in 1887, is regarded as one of the top ten of the world’s most spectacular tracks. A dam was completed near the town of Tua mid 2016. About 25 kilometers of the railway track and of the Tua valley are being submerged thus destroying unrivalled natural beauty. The changing micro climate is also expected to affect the nearby Douro valley, a major wine producing area as well as UNESCO World Heritage.

Portugal, Alto Douro. 2017. View at the River Tua valley near the former railway station of São Lourenço (marker 16) where the railway is being submerged by the rising waters after the completion of the barrage downstream.

Portugal, Alto Douro, near São Lourenço (marker 15). 2010. The Tua railway along the valley of River Tua. Six years before this natural river was turned into a storage reservoir.

Portugal, Alto Douro. 2017. View at the River Tua valley near the former railway station of São Lourenço (marker 15) where the railway is being submerged with the ballast just slipping beneath the water.

Portugal, Alto Douro, near São Lourenço. Two images stacked together to make it easier to spot the dramatic differences. The first was taken on 21 May 2010 and the second on 26 May 2017.

Portugal, Alto Douro. 2017. View at the River Tua valley near the former railway station of São Lourenço (marker 15) where the railway is being submerged with the ballast just slipping beneath the water.

Portugal, Alto Douro, near the village of Tua. 2017. Part of the abandoned Tua railway line next to the completed Foz Tua Dam. Its storage reservoir is submerging a bigger part of this historic railroad that was built in 1887.

Portugal, Alto Douro. 2017. View from the village of Talhariz towards the Foz Tua Dam near the confluence of the Rivers Tua and Douro.

Portugal, Alto Douro, near the village of Tua. 2017. The storage reservoir of the Foz Tua dam that has completely submerged the historic Tua railway. A mooring is under construction to promote tourism (sic).

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2010. The railway station of Tua on the River Douro. It still serves the railway between Porto and Pocinho.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. 2010. On the platform of the Tua railway station along the River Douro. The railway between Porto and Pocinho is still operational.

Portugal, Douro valley, Tua railway station. 2010. Removed sleeper screws from the Tua railway line, closed in 2008.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes, Vila Real. 2010. Removed railway markers from the Corgo line between Vila Real and Peso da Régua. Closed in 2008.

Portugal, Alentejo, São Domingos. 2011. Railway shed of the abandoned open-pit copper and sulphur mines. This railway linked São Domingos with Pomorão station on the River Guadiana from where copper was transported to Vila Real de Santo António and then shipped to England.

Portugal, Alentejo. 2011. Sleepers of the abandoned railway track between the mines of São Domingos and Pomorão.

Portugal, Alentejo. 2011. Abandoned railway tunnel between the mines of São Domingos and Pomorão. Closed in 1966.

Portugal, Alentejo. 2011. Abandoned railway tunnel between the mines of São Domingos and Pomorão.

Portugal, Alentejo. 2011. Abandoned railway tunnel between the mines of São Domingos and Pomorão. The line was closed in 1966.

Portugal, Alentejo. 2011. Sleepers on the abandoned railway track between the mines of São Domingos and Pomarão. Closed in 1966.

Portugal, Trâs-os-Montes. Freixo de Espada a Cinta. 2015. Abandoned railway station along the Sabor railway that closed in 1988.

Portugal, Douro valley, Barca d’Alva. 2015. Railway station along the abandoned line between Porto and the border with Spain.

Portugal, Douro valley, Barca d’Alva. 2015. Abandoned railway line between Porto and the border with Spain.

Portugal, Douro valley, Barca d’Alva. 2015. Railway bridge of the abandoned Douro line at the border with Spain.

Portugal, Douro valley, Barca d’Alva. 2015. Abandoned railway bridge on the track between Porto and the border with Spain.

Portugal, Douro valley, Barca d’Alva. 2015. Railway station on the abandoned railway line between Porto and the border with Spain. The line closed in 1988.

Portugal, Alentejo, Aljustrel. 2011. Railway track. Closed in the 1991.

Portugal, Alentejo, near Ervidel. 2013. The station of Santa Vitória on the railway line between Beja and Castro Verde.

Portugal, Alentejo, near Viana do Alentejo. 2013. The railway line between Lisbon and Beja.

Portugal, Alentejo, near Castelo de Vide. 2016. Abandoned railway line between Estremoz and Beirã near the border with Spain. The line is known as the ‘Ramal de Cáceres’ and closed in August 2012.

Portugal, Coimbra, São José. 2017. The classic railway sign ‘Pare, escute, olhe’ (Stop, listen and look) at a railway crossing along the 36 kilometer long railway line ‘Ramal da Lousã, built in 1885 and closed in 2010. It used to link Coimbra with Mirando do Corvo, Lousã and Serpins.