Vuelva a Asturias - return to Asturias
When I got back home after my last visit to Spain, in September last year, I totted up all what I'd seen and what I'd missed and resolved to go back in 2012 to rectify some of the misses. They were, in no particular order
- FEVE coal trains to Soto de Ribera and/or Guardo power stations
- Aluminium trains on the Gijon-Ferrol line west of Pravia
- La Maruca Yard in Aviles
- Iron Ore on the broad gauge Arcelor-Mittal (ex-ENSIDESA) railway between Aviles and Abono
- the line through the Nalon Valley between Pravia and Trubia
- the line between Pravia and Aviles
- the former Langreo Railway between Gijon and El Berron
- the Ponferrada and Villablino (metre gauge, operated by coal mining company, Coto Minero Cantábrico)
I managed some of these, I also contrived to miss a few so it looks like another visit is on the cards :-)
Read More- FEVE coal trains to Soto de Ribera and/or Guardo power stations
- Aluminium trains on the Gijon-Ferrol line west of Pravia
- La Maruca Yard in Aviles
- Iron Ore on the broad gauge Arcelor-Mittal (ex-ENSIDESA) railway between Aviles and Abono
- the line through the Nalon Valley between Pravia and Trubia
- the line between Pravia and Aviles
- the former Langreo Railway between Gijon and El Berron
- the Ponferrada and Villablino (metre gauge, operated by coal mining company, Coto Minero Cantábrico)
I managed some of these, I also contrived to miss a few so it looks like another visit is on the cards :-)
May 9th, Pravia
Pravia is a relatively small town (10,000 inhabitants) in Asturias, north west of Oviedo and west of both Aviles and Gijon, and not far from Asturias Airport. It was my first port of call after landing on Wednesday 9th. It is an important junction on the FEVE, where the FC Ferrol Gijon crosses the former FC Vasco Asturiano line from San Esteban, at the mouth of the Rio Nalon, to Trubia, Fuso de Reina and Oviedo. The freight yard sees plenty of action with trains to and from Ariz in Bilbao, La Maruca in Aviles and Xove in Galicia. This pair of 1900 electro diesels are heading for La Maruca with a mixed bag of empty coal hoppers, containers and a variety of empty steel carriers.
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