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Porrettana Photographic Collection

The Deposit Historical Rolling Stock.

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Opened in the year 1864 the Locomotive Depot Pistoia witnessed the transition of many steam engines, with the presence of line Porrettana difficult via ferrata ....... linking the north and south of Italy through the chain of the Apennines, and the electrification of the '30s, the group assignment E551 - E554. It 's been a very active and efficient storage, up to the gradual decline occurred with the opening of the direct line Prato-Bologna.

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Historic photo of depot dating from around 1850 (Archive FS).

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The small shed with the locomotives were to visit.

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The Big Shed with the outside platform.

Category: History