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Coinciding with the third Sunday of each month, the Department of Tourism of the City of Eagles performs "The route of the railway," a free, guided tour Menchón Angel, a member of the cultural association of friends of the railway "The Labradorcico" and expert on trains, which combines the cultural with the playful and laying on the important railway heritage value exists in the city.
The next Sunday, September 16, at 10:00 pm, starting in the Isaac Peral Square, which houses the Memorial Railway (a machine locomotive built in 1889 in Glasgow).
Walking the boardwalk will reach the railway bridge "La Rambla of Snakes", declared a Cultural, to continue to walk the Path of the stove, where there are several tunnels and mineral deposits, some of them recently renovated.
In the same place are several viewpoints, with privileged views of the Bay, and "Pier Stove", a majestic mineral carrier built in 1901 by the British Company Southeastern Railway.
The tour will continue with a visit to the railway station, in which is located under the Railway Museum, which includes a photo exhibition and utensils used throughout history as well as several model trains in motion, ending with the last stop in the restored "Don Jorge Garden House", a building from the early twentieth century eclectic style, which was the former residence of George Bog Lee, director of the railroad company Lorca-Baza-Aguilas between 1907 and 1936.
Those interested in participating must register in advance at the Tourist Office, while space tourist train.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas
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