RENFE 0-4-0 series 0200 to 2300
The 0-4-0, or 0-8-0 in Whyte, knew as "Eightwheeler" were the most used wheel arrangement for cargo trains in Spain during the XIX Century and also the first half from XX Century. During all this time more than 30 different models of 0-4-0 locomotives were used by most of the Spanish companies. In 1941, the newly formed State company RENFE recieved more than 300 of this kind locomotives grouped on the RENFE 0-4-0 series. This mod has several models of this cargo locomotive used by the early Spanish companies and their version in RENFE state company.
Models included:
In 1864, to celebrate the completion of the lines Madrid-Hendaye by the Norte company and the Hendaye-Bordeux line by the French company MIDI, the MIDI company gave this 0-4-0 as a present to the spanish company. This 0-4-0 locomotive were a early prototype of the model MIDI 2000. That loco had excellent results on the Madrid-Hendaye line, so that the NORTE company ordered more locomotives of this kind, becaming the NORTE 500 series. Those 0-4-0 locomotives become the largest series of cargo locomotives used on the XIX Century in Spain, with more than 180 units built between 1865 and 1895. Those locomotives were retired on late 1960s, all of the locos had more that 90 years in serviced. The 0-4-0 2105, Ex-Norte 515 were retired in 1966 after 102 years in service,nowadays is preserved in the national railway museum in Madrid.
Those tanks locomotives were ordered in the 1870s to the british Yorkshire Engine Company to be used on mining lines. Built between 1876 and 1882 those locomotives had a power of 405 kW and a max speed of 60 Km/h. After the Spanish Civil war the whole series were grouped in Basque Country and used for shunting operation on large stations. This model were retired on early 70s.
This eigth-wheelers locomotives, knew as Doradas, (golden ones), due to their brass rings on the boiler, were used by the Andalusian railways for cargo and mixed trains in their mountain lines on the South of Spain. They were retired on mid 60s
The Norte 2560 to 2640 were an evolution of the original 500 series. Those locomotives, built by the Hartmann Maschinenfabrik at Chemnitz, had a higher power, better tractive effort, and a counter-pressure brake system.
Those Sharp & Stewart built locomotives were one of the fastest 0-4-0 used for cargo trains. Used by the Madrid-Zaragoza-Alicante railway in their Catalonia network.
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