Alicanti - Denia narrow gauge.

[redtoon1892]

I was in this region for a few weeks and took the opportunity to photogragh this railway, I last photographed it in 1985 when it was very run down but recently it has received quite a lot of investment I am pleased to say.
The turntable and sheds are preserved relics from when thew line was steam operated I was given to understand in my limited Spanish.
There were several end cab diesels standing in the yard but I couldent find a builders plate on them and i would be interested to know their origin.I have dozens more pics if anyone is that interested.


http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/alicante/

http://billnot.com/trains/esa.html

[Bryan]

I remember looking over the shed wall in 1976 at Benidorm (I Think) and seeing some 0-6-0? Tank engines.
What would these have been?

[redtoon1892]

These probably are the locos you saw.

[52D]

Redtoon if it wasnt for the sunshine the photo of the shed and turntable seen through the bottom of a pint glass could have been Rothbury.

[Flamingo]

The single-ended diesel loco no.1022 in one of the above pictures bears a striking resemblance to simliar locos that were (maybe still are?) on one of the Portuguese metre gauge lines in the Douro valley in the early 1990s. They were numbered in the 90XX series in CP stock and I believe they were French built, but I don't have the builders details to hand.

[redtoon1892]

Certain characteristics pointed to them being of French origin and were are a lot of French built locos wandering about Portugal on the Faro to Lisbon line which I photographed in the early 90s. There is /was a spur down to Lagos and at its end was an old steam 1/4 roundhouse shed with a turntable and several out of use steam locos in, two large French end cab diesels were also standing idle there as there was no work for them, if I am not mistaken we travelled to there on an old Budd railcar. In my very limited Portugeuse I managed to find out that the spur was up for closure as a new dual c/way had made it redundant and there were hopes of turning it into a preserved line / tourist attraction using the above mentioned steam locos. As I have not been back to this area I do not know if this proposed venture ever came to fruition. Maybe someone who has visited that area recently can answer the question ?.