CP Class 1500
5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
| Performance figures | |
|---|---|
| Maximum speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
| Power output | 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Operators | Comboios de Portugal |
| Class | Série 1500 |
| Numbers | 1501-1512 |
| Locale | Portugal |
| First run | 1948 |
The Série 1500 of the Portuguese Railways were introduced in 1948,[1] making them amongst the first main line diesel locomotives to be used in Europe. These 12 locomotives were built in the United States by ALCO, to the constructor's type RSC-2 specification. The locomotives were purchased with assistance from Marshall Aid funds in an attempt to cut the railway's running costs, modernise the system and help alleviate Portugal's shortage of coal following World War II.
They remained in service with CP until approximately 2000. 64 years after construction. Some still survive (as of 2012) with private operators and one locomotive is preserved at Portugal's National Railway Museum at Entroncamento.
References
- ^ "Railfaneurope.net". www.railfaneurope.net. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- This article's was originally based on the equivalent article on the Portuguese language Wikipedia
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Rolling stock of Portugal
| Type ↓ | diesel / gasoline / gas | steam: coal / oil | electric (IP: 25 kV / 50 kHz or (*) 1500 V; other networks q.v.) | ← Traction | ||||||||
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| Status → | in service | withdrawn (or used occasionally) | in service | Gauge ↓ | ||||||||
| IP network (Note: In italic, classes shared by CP and other companies, simult. or not; in underlined italic, classes used exclusively by other companies.) | ||||||||||||
| railbuses/heavy rail | "592" | refurbished | M1 0050 0100 0500 0750 0600 0650 | 1001 Z1 | 2000 2050 2080 ABm1-18→ | refurbished | 2300 2400 3400 3500 4000 | 1668 mm (iberian) | ||||
| VIP⎱ 0350⎰ 0450← | ←0300 ←0400 | 2100⎫ 2150⎬ 2200⎭ ⎰*3100→ ⎱*3200→ | →2240 →3150* →3250* | |||||||||
| 9630 | 9500← | ←9700─╮ 9400←╯ | ME1 ME21 9050 9100 9300 9600 | (Vale do Lima) | (there is currently no electric traction on IP's metre gauge) | 1000 mm (metre) | ||||||
| locomotives | 9000 9020 Lydya |
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| 1200 1400 1500 1520 1900 1930 6000 | 1300 1320 1550 1800 1960 |
| 2500 2550 3300* | 2600 2620 4700 5600 | 1668 mm (iberian) | |||||||
| shunters | 1150 | 1000 1020 1050 1100 | 005 | |||||||||
| Local networks (excl. funiculars and cable cars) | ||||||||||||
| trams |
| STCP200 STCP270 STCP280 | 1435 mm (standard) | |||||||||
| metro | ML7 ML79 | ML90 ML95 ML97 ML99 | ||||||||||
| light rail, articulated | MP000 MP100 C000 | |||||||||||
| CCFL501 | 900 mm | |||||||||||
| trams | TUB1 |
| CCFL001 CCFL005 CCFL541 CCFL701 CCFL737 | |||||||||
| (PdV-VdC) | (CCFTNA) (CFPLER) | SMTUC01 SMTUC03 SMTUC16 | (CSA) | 1000 mm (metre) | ||||||||
| locomotives | (CSA23074) | (Pomarão) | ||||||||||
| (Transpraia) (P.d'El-Rei) | (Mira) (CFPL) | 600 mm | ||||||||||
| (JAPH) N0(JAPPD) | 2140 mm | |||||||||||
| Status → | in service | withdrawn | in service | Gauge ↑ | ||||||||
| Type ↑ | diesel / gasoline / gas | steam: coal / oil | electric | ← Traction | ||||||||
see also: Railway lines in Portugal
