CP Class 1500

what is it?

The Série 1500 of the Portuguese Railways were introduced in 1948,< 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.

who runs it

Comboios de Portugal

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• power 1.1 MWpower output
• built 12made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 78 years ago, in 1948.
• 🚗1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1948

in service from

1948

number built

12

kind

steam locomotive

traction

steam

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

American Locomotive Company

operators

Comboios de Portugal

top speed

120 km/h

power

1.1 MW

gauge

1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge

wheel arrangement

A1A-A1A

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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