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> The Lena's Mining Railway was built with the main purpose of transporting coal from the Barrojeira and Bezerra mines to the main State railway network at Martingança Station (West Line). Operation began in 1924 between Martingança and Batalha stations with a gauge of 60cm. In 1928 the gauge was changed to 1m and at that time the traction of trains began to be assured by the great nr.10 SKODA 2-8-2 steam locomotive.

> Lena's Railway continued to haul coal trains until 1938/39, when it begun it's demise. In 1941 the SKODA locomotives were sold to Ferrocarril de la Robla in Spain. The remaining rolling stock - wagons and passenger coaches were transferred to CP - Portuguese State Railways - for service in the meter gauge lines.

> THe project here presented for MSTS tries to depict the Route between 1935/40 - its Golden Era. Besides a breathtaking landscape, you will be able to admire Man made timeless monuments.

> For the conception of this Route various people helped with their knowledge.

Many tahnks to them, namely:

João Rodrigues – colaborator for terrain modeling and use of Demex and Blackart software.
Manuel Luna – photographic archive and historical reports
Fernando Pedreira – photographic archive and historical reports
Herlander Silva (retired Lena's Railway worker ) – photographic archive and historical reports
José Pedrosa – photographic archive
Lieutenent-Coronel António Pereira – IGeoE - Army Geographical Institute

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