#3058
CP Class 1300
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Geo D. Whitcomb Company· from 1952· class of diesel locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CP 1311: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Série 1300 were a class of diesel locomotives used by Portuguese Railways (CP). They entered service in 1952; all are now withdrawn from service. These diesel-electric locomotives were manufactured in the US by the Whitcomb Locomotive Company in 1952, to the constructor's model 104DE2.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Served for 35 years (1952–1987).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1952
- in service from
- 1952
- retired
- 1987
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Geo D. Whitcomb Company
- operators
- Comboios de Portugal
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- A1A-A1A
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2931912, Wikipedia: CP Class 1300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.