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The centennial history of the Tua line is filled with dramatic, funny, and intense episodes, some of them depicted in this cartoon by the talented Zé da Fonte. In the 120 pages of this cartoon we witnessed the lobbyng of the influential men of Trás-os-Montes for the railway, the one and only instrument of progress, or so it was thought. We accompanied the effort of the labourers during the construction of the line, their pain and suffering, We met the men that were responsible for the direction of the works and challenges they faced: mutinies, lack of money, the pressure of the creditors... In particular we got to know the personal drama of João da Cruz, the man who committed himself to take the railway to Bragança. We also bore witness to the other side of the medal: the festivities of the inauguration ceremonies, the people’s thrill for the infrastructure that promised to retrieve them from the backwardness of their ways of live and to “awaken Bragança from the lethargy in which she lays” - like it was written in Bragança Gazette in 1906. We also assisted the unfolding of history during the lifespan of the Tua line. Over 100 years of change, conquests, instability, ilusions and disappointments in events that marked the history of Portugal, of railways, and of the world.