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- 1. CP1900standart: Eugénio Santos· Attribution
- 2. CP 1907 (8626909255): Nelso Silva· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Série 1900 locomotives of Portuguese Railways are 13 diesel-electric locomotives built in 1981 for freight duties. Prior to electrification, coal trains were hauled by triple-headed Série 1900 locomotives inland from the Port of Sines. The locomotives were built by Sorefame under licence from the French company Alsthom and are visually similar to SNCF Class CC 72000.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1981
- number built
- 13
- kind
- diesel locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇹 Portugal
- builders
- Sorefame
- designer
- Alsthom
- operators
- Comboios de Portugal
- top speed
- 100 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 Q2931918, Wikipedia: CP Class 1900 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.