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what is it?
Série 1150 are small Sentinel shunting locomotives (with diesel-hydraulic engines built by Rolls-Royce) built in 1966-1967 for Portuguese Railways (CP). They are based on the "Steelman" shunting locomotive used at various industrial plants arounds the UK. They have a maximum speed of 58 km/h (36 mph). As of 2012, seven locomotives remain in service.
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.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1966–1967
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- builders
- Sentinel Waggon Works, Sorefame
- operators
- Comboios de Portugal
- top speed
- 58 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2931909, Wikipedia: CP Class 1150 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.