Fregeneda - Barca de Alva (Spain & Portugal)

Real scale map, made with real elevation map - Permits to reconstruct the now closed line that linked Fregeneda, Spain, with Barca de Alva, Portugal. It’s seated in the Douro valley, Unesco recognized site. The real line, built in 1874-1878, is considered an engineering marvel, with 20 tunnels and 12 major bridges. It is now deactivated (since 1985) but with most of the infraestructure still in place, including rails, open for hiking. Official site for those interested: www.caminodehierro.es

You can know more about the line here (in portuguese): Linha internacional de Barca d'Alva-La Fregeneda a La Fuente de San Esteban – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre

Or if you can understand Spanish, can read the marvelous novel "Los tuneles del paraiso" from Luciano G. Egido (Tusquets editores), depicting the difficult construction of the line, human difficulties and individual tragedies.

The industries in the map are, of course, fictional (albeit with types that would be - more or less - plausible in the zone), and are destined to provide the player with income to sustain the game and build and maintain the line ( the real line never was profitable, and is unlikely to be also in the game, at least if built similar to the original).

If you aim to historical acuity, it is possible to get topographic maps in the internet. However, it is rather easy to build the line with some fidelity to the original using less technical materials like google earth and mapy.cz. 

Unfortunately, specific assets like spanish stations, locos, etc., that mimic the original aren't available (for now at least). Hopefully that will change whit time, as TF3 gets some time in the market.

As a final disclaimer, I'm not affiliated with any of the aforementioned organizations, just a guy who got in love with the place, after visiting it a long time ago and a lot of times ever since. 

Please credit my work If you reuse it in any way. No commercial use is allowed.

Credits - Mods used:

Water textures - Rivers (sorry I cannot spell or write the author name as it is with chinese characters)

Original Deluxe Upgrade and Pre-order pack from urban games

Thank you for your interest! And if you like it, all feedback is appreciated.