#3784· RENFE serie 352
Renfe Class 352
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1964· class of 10 Spanish diesel-hydraulic locomotives for Talgo trains
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1tguadix: Bruno Legouest· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. RN352-009: Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Murcia del Carmen, Renfe 352-001: Félix (Felisuco / Felisucos)· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Renfe Class 352 (formerly 2000-T) was a class of twin engined four axle diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Krauss-Maffei, designed solely for passenger traffic; in particular they were responsible for towing Andalusian Talgo III trains. The class were very successful, heralding a new era of passenger trains in Spain. They were delivered in 1964 and 1965, and were fully withdrawn during the 1990s.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 10 minutes.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1964–1965
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Babcock & Wilcox, Sociedad Española de Construcciones Babcock y Wilcox
- designer
- Krauss-Maffei
- operators
- Renfe Operadora
- top speed
- 230 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 17.5 m
- weight
- 74 t
- Dutch name
- RENFE serie 352
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2680689, Wikipedia: Renfe Class 352 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.