Goods trams

A quite primitive motorcar and an open wagon stowed with luggage, probably of emigrants to Brasil.

During many years the Porto tram did ride special trams for the transport of freight. Also in the STCP-period there were still a number (79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88 & 90) of trailers for freight transport.

However the history of the goodstrams is even darker than the early history of the passenger trams. Known is that fish and wine were regular customers. Fish was transported from the sidings at Godinho to the Market at Anjo. Wine from the site in Matosinhos of the Companhia Vinicola Portugueza. But also coal for the supply of firing for the own power plant was brought by trams from the mine in Sao Pedro da Cova. Notes are found about coal transport to Campanhã and the gas-works, and the transport of furniture. Sand, indispensable for working rail traffic, was probably gotten from the sand-bank in the mouth of the river and brought by tram to the depots. For many years a siding was located at A Cantareira to stable sand wagons.

Of the special rolling stock only a wagon for the transport of fish still exists. Probably also Vagão 76 original was used for goods transport.

A tram with barrels of wine ready to leave the siding of the Companhia Vinicola Portuguesa. Photo made probably around 1907.