The last light told a story
A red light signaled that the train was going full.
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The last vehicle of the train carried important information. The Museum features a red-light taillight, used at night in the last carriage or wagon to indicate that the composition was complete. Its function was to signal, not to illuminate the path ahead of the locomotive.
The registration N.1 AND POST. OF THE BOOK connects the object to the station of Livração, in the line of the Valley of Tâmega. Reading the piece implies joining three clues: the color of the light, the position on the train and the inscription associating it to a place.
This small object shows that the railway history is also made of discrete signs and tasks. The presentation of the Museum, published in June 2024, describes the use and station to which the lighthouse was affected; it does not indicate a date of manufacture for the piece.
Two lights, different tasks
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Light to the pier
A station in the light of oil →People and goods at the station
One line took forty years to arrive →Document objects
The station also keeps documents →
Source and context
Land Museum of Basto — Taillight “N.1 AND POSTO. FREEDOM”, 2024-06-28
Accessed: . Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.