José Eugenio Ribera Dutasta

Biographical Dictionary of the Iberian Railroads Dicionário biográfico dos caminhos-de-ferro ibéricos Ribera Dutasta, José Eugenio (1864–1936) José Eugenio Ribera Dutasta (1864–1936) In recent historiography of civil engineering, J. Eugenio Ribera stands out in several key areas: as a pioneer and innovator in the use of reinforced concrete in Spain and a promoter of this new material; as […]

Antonio Plaza has passed away

        Antonio Plaza, Social Historian and ASIHF Member, Has Passed Away On Tuesday, June 10, Antonio Plaza passed away. He had been a member of ASIHF since its founding and was one of the great social historians of the railroad. I met Antonio at the beginning of the century, when he visited the Historical Railroad Archives in search of […]

Manuel Vieira Tomé

Biographical Dictionary of the Iberian RailwaysDicionário biográfico dos caminhos-de-ferro ibéricos Manuel Vieira Tomé Manuel Vieira Tomé (Born in Tomar in 1887; died in Lisbon at the Aljube Prison on April 23, 1934).  Office clerk at the Portuguese Railway Company. He was a member of the Red Aid organization. He served as a leader of the Portuguese Railway Company Employees’ Union […]

Gregorio González Azaola

Biographical Dictionary of the Iberian Railroads Dicionário biográfico dos caminhos-de-ferro ibéricos Gregorio González Azaola (Burgos, May 25, 1776–Santander, April 2, 1833) Gregorio González Azaola, professor of natural sciences, translator, man of letters, chemist, and politician, was the son of Mr. Silvestre González y Fernández, chief clerk of the Burgos postal and courier service, a native of Lomas de Villamediana (Burgos), and Mrs. […]

José Eugenio Ribera Dutasta

Biographical Dictionary of the Iberian Railroads Dicionário biográfico dos caminhos-de-ferro ibéricos José Eugenio Ribera Dutasta (1864–1936) José Eugenio Ribera Dutasta (1864–1936) In recent historiography of civil engineering, J. Eugenio Ribera stands out in several key areas: as a pioneer and innovator in the use of reinforced concrete in Spain and a promoter of this new material; as […]

Mário dos Santos Castelhano

Biographical Dictionary of the Iberian Railroads Dicionário biográfico dos caminhos-de-ferro ibéricos Mário dos Santos Castelhano (May 1, 1896–October 12, 1940) Mário dos Santos Castelhano (Born in Lisbon, May 1, 1896;  Died in Tarrafal, October 12, 1940). Anarcho-syndicalist activist. Railroad worker, CP employee, union leader, and journalist. He joined the Portuguese Railway Company at age 14. He rose to the position of office clerk at the same […]

Ángel Torán

Biographical Dictionary of the Iberian Railways Dicionário biográfico dos caminhos-de-ferro ibéricos Ángel Torán Tomás (Madrid, 1921–Biarritz, 1999) Ángel Torán Tomás. Spanish industrial engineer, responsible for the technical innovations of the TALGO train. Ángel Torán graduated from the Special School of Industrial Engineers in Madrid in 1946 and, toward the end of that same year, received a […]

Mendonça e Costa

Biographical Dictionary of the Iberian RailroadsDicionário biográfico dos caminhos-de-ferro ibéricos Leonildo de Mendonça e Costa (1849–1923) Leonildo Augusto Mendonça e Costa, known as Leonildo de Mendonça e Costa, was born in Lisbon in the now-defunct parish of Sacramento on November 5, 1849, the son of José Fortunato da Costa and Maria Isabel de Mendonça and […]

BOSCH

Biographical Dictionary of the Iberian Railroads Dicionário biográfico dos caminhos-de-ferro ibéricos Ivo Bosch Puig (1852–1915) Ivo Bosch Puig was born on January 13, 1852, in the small fishing village of Areyns de Mar, in the Maresme region of Barcelona. His father was a lawyer and served as the local land registrar. In the town itself […]