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Renfe Class 319 (later versions)

🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Stadler Rail Valencia· from 1984· class of 108 Spanish diesel-electric locomotives

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Bf Bobadilla, 319 310: Falk2· CC BY 3.0
  2. 2. RENFE 319 ( ADIF ) 8029: Rq113kt4 .· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. RENFE 319-201 TCR Villaverde: Iván Rivera· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. Renfe 319.205 Manresa (3825858159): eldelinux from Cataluña, España· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. Renfe 319.223 Manresa (6257276668): eldelinux from Cataluña, España· CC BY 2.0
  6. 6. Renfe 319.230 + 319.238 Samper de Calanda (5324528422): eldelinux from Cataluña, España· CC BY 2.0
  7. 7. Renfe 319.240 + 319.212 Andorra (Teruel). (6937955956): eldelinux from Cataluña, España· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. Renfe 319.250 + 319.251 Andorra (Teruel) (5549789824): eldelinux from Cataluña, España· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. Renfe 319.250 + 319.251 Central térmica Andorra (Teruel) (6229833495): eldelinux from Cataluña, España· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. Renfe 319.250 + 319.251 Mas del Mojón (5725590475): eldelinux from Cataluña, España· CC BY 2.0
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Renfe Class 319 (later versions), photo 1 of 10
1/10 Falk2· CC BY 3.0

what is it?

The Renfe classes 319.2, 319.3 and 319.4 are six axle Co'Co' medium power mainline diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by Macosa using General Motors Electromotive division components under license.

who runs it

Renfe Operadora

base stats

  • speed 140 km/htop speed
  • power 1.5 MWpower output
  • weight 112 tin working order
  • built 319made in total

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 42 years ago, in 1984.
  • Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 19.5 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
1984–1992
number built
319
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇪🇸 Spain
builders
Stadler Rail Valencia
operators
Renfe Operadora
top speed
140 km/h
power
1.5 MW
gauge
1,668 mm Iberian broad gauge
wheel arrangement
Co'Co'
length
19.5 m
weight
112 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q7276362, Wikipedia: Renfe Class 319 (later versions) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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