Porto 3

1. Leyland Atlanteans with additional standing room outside.
2. 273?
3. Definately 273.
We then drove northwards into Spain spending one night near Coruna before arriving in Santander for an afternoon sailing to Plymouth. This journey took longer than expected so I only saw one ex-London trolleybus in the distance in Coruna. The ferry had been built for the shorter crossings to France so my lasting recollection is of queues at mealtimes.

Porto 2

1. One of these Italian built trolleybuses is now at Sandtoft.
2. 204 built between 1938 and 1945.
3. 273 now at Crich in the mist at Castelo.
4. Side view of 219 built between 1938 and 1945.

Porto

All too soon it was time to start the journey home via Oporto and then into Spain and broadly following to coast to Santander where we had reservations on the new Brittany Ferries service to Plymouth.
1. 221 built between 1938 and 1945 to 1912 Brill design.
2. Matosinhos.
3. Belgian built bogie car 280 of 1929 and Brill 4-wheel 123 of 1910.
4. Boavista depot.

buses

In 1987 Lisbon had a large fleet of AEC buses, most of which should have been replaced years ago.
1. Regent V 632 in Praca do Comercio.
2. Regent III 490.
3. Regal III 129.

Alcantara

It was very hot in August 1978. We used to get up at 6:30 and have breakfast before the butter melted. We then drove over the suspension bridge to a free car park near Alcantara tram terminus. By early afternoon it was just too hot in the city and we returned to the beach adjacent to the camping site.
1. 323? outside the headquarters of the communist party at Alcantara.
2. Semi-convertible 323 of 1906.
3. 298? on route 18 from Adjuda to Praca do Comercio. These cars were built in 1954-7 using second hand equipment.
4. 737 at Largo do Rato on circular service 22. Built new in 1947 using Maley & Taunton equipment.

Bogie cars

1. The bogie cars only ran on a limited number of routes. 323, a Brill semi-convertable car of 1906, on route 19 from Alcantara to Arco do Cego.
2. 910 was built in 1947 using Maley & Taunton equal bogies. It is passing through Belem on route 15 from Cruz Quebrada to Prcac do Comercio. It is now in Kochi (Japan).
3. 803 was built in 1939 using Maley & Taunton bogies. Again it is seen in Belem but on route 17 from Belem to Alto de Sao Joao.
4. 4-wheeler 547 of 1928-29 at Estrella in the circular service 25.

Graca

These four pictures were taken on the famous Graca route in Lisbon.
1. 723 - these trams were built in the late 1930s for hilly routes.
2. 430? The 400 series cars were built between 1952-63 using trucks and equipment from withdrawn cars dating back to 1901.
3. This tram has no visible fleet number.
4. 480.