Railway Museum & Todays Covid

 First the bad news - 1 new case so we now have 4 active cases.

Secondly I thought it worthwhile to share this information which we have forwarded to the Spanish and English Press.

To give you some background to this project, - the small village of La Alfoquia in the Almanzora valley was integral to the movement of the areas´ minerals in the 19th century and the village of La Alfoquia became an important part of the railway infrastructure to manage these materials. The village in fact owed its existence to the railway. 

Now, after many years of work and planning, work is progressing to establish a museum in the town using the remaining buildings (some of which will require renovation) to create an openair, and indoor, museum to showcase the historical importance of this station and in the future to open and run a train between La Alfoquia and Arboleas. As much of the track still exists.

Video memories have been obtained from ex employees who recalled their times on the railway, artefacts are being collected, basic work is being done to create the indoor museum and work has already been undertaken to reveal the hidden tracks etc. 

We formed an Association to which everyone, with an interest in this project, can join. This Association has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/755026744999786

The next major part of the project is the acquisition of a railway engine to use to run the rolling stock on and for maintenance. Our President Rafael Garcia De La Mata has sourced an engine which would be a fantastic help for the development of the museum However it is languishing in Poland and needs to be transported to Spain. The cost of the purchase and  transportation is going to cost €15,000 which sounds a lot but compared to the purchase cost of a similar engine locally is very small.  (I have attached some pics of the engine we need below). We also have plans to recover other engines and rolling stock but this engine is needed to develop the outdoor part of the museum first before we can place any other rolling stock. 

To help us on the way to bringing this part of the project to fruition we have set up a  Facebook donation page at https://www.facebook.com/donate/426627138488212/,

We hope people will want to be a part of something hugely, and historically, important. for all the Almanzora valley and join our association and/or donate to help by following the above link. 

For any further details information please contact Rafael Garcia de la Mata at rafarestaura@gmail.com or telephone +34 607 375 789 or myself.