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Renfe Class 340
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1966· class of 32 Spanish diesel-hydraulic locomotives
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 340 020 Renfe: Falk2· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Hugh llewelyn 4020 (5665751706): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Hugh llewelyn 4020 (5665775282): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. Madrid - Locomotora diésel 4020 - 130120 120408: Barcex· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Museo del Ferrocarril (3664627261): Antonio González Tajuelo from España· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Class 340 of Renfe (4000 under the previous numbering scheme) were a class of 4-axle diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Krauss-Maffei (and Babcock & Wilcox) for the Spanish Railways. The design is similar in outward appearance and technology to the DB Class V 200. 32 units were built.
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 60 years ago, in 1966.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 21 years (1966–1987).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966
- in service from
- 1966
- retired
- 1987
- status
- retired
- number built
- 32
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Babcock & Wilcox, Sociedad Española de Construcciones Babcock y Wilcox
- operators
- Renfe Operadora
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 19.8 m
- weight
- 88 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1546212, Wikipedia: Renfe Class 340 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.