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Brown Boveri electric locomotive (Ferrocarriles Vascongados)
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Brown, Boveri & Cie· from 1928· class of electric locomotives formerly operated by Ferrocarriles Vascongados, FEVE and Euskotren
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. FEVE 4000 factory image BBC: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Feve 4001: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Brown Boveri electric locomotive was an electric locomotive type originally operated by Ferrocarriles Vascongados in the Basque Country, Spain. When that company was absorbed by FEVE, it came to be known as the FEVE 4000 series. It was later operated by Euskotren.
who runs it
base stats
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.2 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 63 years (1928–1991).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928
- in service from
- 1928
- retired
- 1991
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- Brown, Boveri & Cie, Forges Usines et Fonderies Haine-Saint-Pierre
- operators
- Ferrocarriles Vascongados, Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha, Euskotren
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- electric system
- 1,500 V DC overhead line
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+Bo′
- length
- 11.2 m
- weight
- 44 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q31838753, Wikipedia: Brown Boveri electric locomotive (Ferrocarriles Vascongados) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.