Spanish Railways. RENFE, FEVE and others

[BalkanExpress]

Well, friends,

I've my Android phone, but my ADIF's 'shell' phone -a Nokia- is normally with me and belive me or not...that's my quick camera (really good with daylight)

ADIF's 'shell' phone

Continuing with the previous pictures, here's one on the old RENFE's 1900 (319 UIC serie) diesel loco from which they re use some parts to rebuild the new RENFE's 319 serie. The old 1900 diesel were the numerous diesel loco in network by those days.

RENFE's 1900 serie were produce in 1960 by the spanish manufacturer MACOSA at Valencia under General Motors lisence. General Motors produced the 1977 HP motors in the States, that allows to reach 120 km/ h speed. The whole serie (106 locomotives) were produced between 1965 and 1972.

[BarbaPanagos]

Impressed by the old Nokia performance!
Amazed by the old good 1900 photo! give us more of these oldies

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[BalkanExpress]

Good afternoon to al members

A picture from now from my boureau window at Sevilla Santa Justa station, biggest in southern Spain.

The station building won the Brunell's Award when it was built

Two units on track. On the left, a DMU for regional services to the nortern sierra amd on the right track, a EMU in local services.

Enjoy

BalkanExpress, watching trains at windows when boss is not around

[BarbaPanagos]

I bet not even one of us wouldn't envy you for yor work view

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[BalkanExpress]

Good afternoon,

Going on trip last summer to the famous SanFermines party in Pamplona, we reached the Zaragoza station, a railway knot where you car reach almost all cities from north eastern Spain (Barcelona, Basque Country and french border, mediterranean cities and other internal cities). Zaragoza was one of the first spanish cities with railway link in the 19th century, due to the starting of the activities of the MZA (Madrid to Zaragoza and Alicante) Railway Company.

In its new terminal which shelters also the High Speed trains to Barcelona, we found this material which has its flavour, altouhgh refurbished, far from the brand new High Speed EMUs, now everywhere visible.

Here we can see a EMU 448 serie, coming from the old EMU 444 serie

448 serie EMU at Zaragoza's station. Julu 2014

The 448 serie EMUs, originaly known as 444.500 subserie, represented an important advance in comparison between 432 & 444 EMUs series, pable to run up to 160 km/h that permited to extend a new RENFE service, known as 'Intercity', long distance day service.

Here we can see the original units as the were working in the 70-80s

444 serie EMU Photo cortsy ARMUÑA GEOGRAPHIC armunageographic.blogspot.com

Regards

BalkanExpress, dreaming with going on holidays as necesity!

[christo]

In the first photo the writing reads RENFE BALKANEXPRESS. Is this a new company?

christo.

[BalkanExpress]

We're expanding in 1:1 ; it's cheaper than in h0 in fact

[BalkanExpress]

Old rockers still alive (in my works)

Here, we can see in action our A301 - A310 ALCO DL500 'World' locomotives owned by AZVI contractor

Promise more pictures

Enjoy

BalkanExpress

[BalkanExpress]

The old lady still wants to fight.

Here's ex-RENFE 1601, first of the series (second from the ones that come from the States, the first one was 1615, the famous "Marilyn") working on ballast duties at High Speed Line from Seville to Cádiz, at Utrera station.

I hope you enjoy watching her alive

Regards

BalkanExpress, enjoying listening the 'Schenectady sounds'

[christo]

Does anyone know why the headlights were placed vertically on the RENFE ones and horizontally on the SEK ones.

christo.