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FGC 257 Series
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Stadler Rail Valencia· from 2023· Bi-mode electro-diesel locomotive of metric gauge of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DSC00985 QB01 ME-MA: The STB· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The 257 Series is a meter gauge freight electro-diesel locomotive based on Stadler Rail's Euro Dual series. It is operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) in the Llobregat-Anoia line.
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 3 years ago, in 2023.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2023
- in service from
- 2023
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Electro-diesel
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Stadler Rail Valencia, Stadler Rail
- operators
- Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 90 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q97761629, Wikipedia: FGC 257 Series (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.