Recent content by Giugiaro

Watering surfaces help dissipate accumulated eat in surfaces like walls, floor and roof. The water carries energy as it evaporates. The concept is similar to sweating in our bodies. This is a common trope from Japan, and we use that to cool the roof of the Guifões workshops' cafeteria. There...

In the Douro line staff has been lost to only two staff members per station. One station master, and one shunter*. The station master coordinates the arrival and departure of trains with the next station and central command at Contumil (CCO Porto). The shunter signals the safe entry to the...

From Caíde upwards, the railway line works under telephonic blocks. The legs between Caíde and Marco de Canavezes was meant to be under automatic block system, but that implementation is severely delayed. Track improvement works are done in Portugal under several sub-contracts divided between...

@GusB would you mind sending me that version through a DM? :E

It really depends on the teams that reach the final. I was told that the AS Monaco v. FC Porto match in 2004 was the Champions League final with the lowest viewership rates since the new format was introduced in 1998. The 2006 Battle of Nuremberg. The referee was so trigger happy that the match...

Portugal Ferroviário, the online portal for Portuguese railway enthusiasts, has been recently overhauled with a complete redesign of its rolling stock inventory. Access to the rolling stock inventory is now done through the CCO tab, and now includes sections for the infrastructure, museums...

Good afternoon everyone! I have made the currently existing couplers available through GitHub, including the source files used to create the models. The STL files are in the release, with a ZIP file for H0 gauge, and another for N gauge. The releases include the STL files for the couplers...

What I do know is that Comboios de Portugal is currently undergoing the recertification process for the Arco coaches to replace the Celta with extended regional trains, though there's no clue as to what traction we are supposed to use on the Spanish side.

The Portuguese N Club Model Trains developed a standard of magnetic couplers for N scale trains, that can be electrified to power lights along a consist. The details (in portuguese) and the STL models for resin 3D printing are available here. The models currently available are compatible with...

Yes.

Our dependency on the Class 1400s is going to become even more severe as three more RENFE 592 DMUs are expected to end their career this year. The Celta is expected to end after the line to Vigo is electrified to 25kV AC, as it will be replaced by inter-regionals extended from Valença. However...

UIC-Z coaches with FIAT type international bogeys can easily have their bogeys swapped, as long as there are surplus bogeys for the intended gauge. Spain has GC bogeys, France used Y21 and Portugal Y21P. Spain did use leased Corail type VTU coaches from SNCF for a limited amount of time...

As a follow-up to this thread, the Portuguese government pushed forward with the intention of distributing the national railway services to private service providers. On the 22nd of January, 2026, the Council of Ministers received the 1st phase of the research on liberalisation of railway...

Exactly. Services resumed on the 9th between Régua and Pocinho. The part between Marco and Régua is set to reopen in April.

Further details from the Infrastructure Manager Infraestruturas de Portugal are still pending.