Carde y Escoriaza railcar

what is it?

The Carde y Escoriaza railcar is a railcar train type formerly operated in the Basque Country, Spain. They were introduced in the Bilbao-Plentzia railway in 1927, and were later operated by Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos, Euskotren, Metro Bilbao, S.A. and Euskal Trenbide Sarea until 2012.

who runs it

Ferrocarriles y Transportes SuburbanosFerrocarriles de Vía EstrechaEuskotrenEuskal Trenbide Sarea

base stats

• power 310 kWpower output
• weight 35.5 tin working order
• built 15made 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
• 🚗310 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏16.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 83 years (1929–2012).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1929

in service from

1929

retired

2012

status

retired

number built

15

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇪🇸 Spain

builders

Carde y Escoriaza

operators

Ferrocarriles y Transportes Suburbanos, Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha, Euskotren, Euskal Trenbide Sarea

top speed

—

power

310 kW

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

electric system

1,500 V DC overhead line

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′

length

16.3 m

weight

35.5 t

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