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14 photos
updated : 2020-12-19
The PV acquired a fleet of 10 Krauss-Engerth 2-6-0+4 locos between the 1930s and the 1960s, six second hand locos and four bought new. They slowly displaced the Baldwin 2-6-2Ts and handled almost all line work in the later years. There were also two conventional 2-6-0s used for power station trips.
P.V. 2-6-2Ts
6 photos
updated : 2020-12-19
Ten 2-6-2Ts were ordered from Baldwin for the opening of the Ponferrada - Villablino line in 1919 and continued to work until dieselisation in the 1980s. In the early years they worked everything but, as the line acquired more powerful locos, the tanks were increasingly relegated to shunting and short trips.
Class 333.3, 333.4
2 photos
updated : 2020-12-19
The original Class 333 was a 3300hp GM engined Co-Co diesel-electric based on the DSB MZ and built by Macosa. A total of 93 were built in 1974-76. From 2000 most were 'rebuilt' to class 333.3 using little of the original apart from the engne and generator. The 333.4s are 333.3s adapted for passenger use.
Class 334
5 photos
updated : 2020-12-19
The RENFE Class 334 is a GM engined Bo-Bo diesel-electric built in 2006-08 for passenger work. The design is closely related to the BR class 67 and Vossloh Euro3000, produced at the same Valencia plant, but incorporates main generators and ETH equipment from scrapped class 319.3 diesels.
Class 354
3 photos
updated : 2020-12-19
The RENFE Class 354 was the last of 3 purpose built B-B diesel-hydraulic classes designed to haul Talgo trains at speeds of upto 180km/h, later increased to 200km/h. Krauss-Maffei built 8 locos in 1984-84 but several were written off in accidents and the last 3 were withdrawn in 2009.
Spain's railways certainly haven't lacked variety over the last 50 years, most of which is now history. Galleries here include the last steam worked narrow gauge line, an electric railway that still uses 90 year old motor coaches today and a diesel worked main line running through the arid hills of the south.
