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Compañía del Ferrocarril de Medina del Campo a Zamora y de Orense a Vigo (MZOV) (Railway Company from Medina del Campo to Zamora and from Orense to Vigo). Spanish railway company operating between 1862 and 1928. Its managing director was the Catalan capitalist Mr Caterineu. It connected Galicia with the Meseta Central (Inner Plateau). Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Inauguration of the railway line from Redondela to Pontevedra. Blessing of the locomotive 'Pontevedra' (number 52), on 30th June 1884. It was decorated with coats of arms of the city and Barcelona, flags, pennants and garlands. Drawing by Manuel Alcázar (1858-1914). Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.