Spanish Railways. RENFE, FEVE and others

[BalkanExpress]

Hi to all members,

well...I was expecting to begin with lots of steam and diesel, old pictures and so on...but...other pictures stay waiting and never apears..so, lets start

Some pictures from Utrera station, in the southern line from Seville to Cádiz, 50 km far from Seville south. Utrera is terminal for locar trains. It keeps the old Andaluces' old company 1st class building and canopies in a renovated track and platforms for local services. Some flavour still there. New CIVIAs EMUs (CIVIA is a concept of an ampliable EMU in which you can add to the basic unit as much cars as you need for a specific line) are the main stock you can find, although, other clasical unit can appears...

Now I''m working in the new High Speed Line to Cádiz, south from this station, to be finished in various phases, in March 2015

Let's see some pictures and sorry for the 'ethernal' waiting...

A brand new CIVIA EMU just arrived from Seville

[christo]

Bravo , very informative. Give us more.

christo.

[BalkanExpress]

Good afternoon to al members,

Spanish railways has lead into a policy of standarization, so the colourfull railway plenty of diesels (same as yours) and riveted electrics has definetively gone. Well, good weather and powerfull colour (clean and beautiful ones) make us still watch some meauty pictures.

Alicante terminus station, in eastern Spain, is the oldest terminus in Spain. The ancient MZA (Madrid to Zaragoza and Alicante) railway was the first huge company (previous little iniciatives were held, but not so powerfull) to develop a railway network that gets from Barcelone (north east Spain) to Seville, in souther Spain, getting in competence with Norte (North) Railways in decisive points and cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, where, different lines were constructed to enter and no to coincide and share tracks.

Nowadays, High Speed Line arrived to Alicante, so ancient terminus (buiding and canopy) were kept and platforms and tracks rebuilt to get the new High Speed consists.

Please, notice than in Spain we still have two gauges: the'international' one (1435mm) and the 'broad Spanish' one (1668 mm). New (mostly all) high Speed lines are built in Standart 1435 mm gauge, so you can find in terminals such a variety of material

Two new Vossloh 334 serie diesel locos. These 'light' locos were constructed to pull the ultra light and tilting Talgo branches, so higher speeds can be reached in conventional and old lines

The 'ancient' 100 serie High Speed EMU bound to Madrid. These trains were constructed as a variation of the french TGV Atlantique EMUs, with rounded pointed 'nose' and other better facilities between France (Alsthom-La Rochelle) and Spain (CAF-Zaragoza; MACOSA-Madrid)

The new 130 serie High Speed EMU, developed to change gauge in bogies directly without stoping. They can make transversal trains from north to south, entering and leaving high speed lines in standart gauge, so trip time are reduced drasticly

That's all folks, tomorrow, more Alicante stock or other pictures will come

Regards

BalkanExpress

[BarbaPanagos]

it seems that many things have changed since the early 2K when I was collecting RENFE rolling stock for my Train Simulator!!!

thanks Adelardo

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[Andreas]

Since Adelardo started I will also shoot some pictures from Spain...

On the 22nd of August 2013 a regional train is passing Mataro on the coast heading toward Barcelona.

A RENFE DL500 on display at the Station of Santiago de Compostella on the 25th of August 2012.

On the 30th of August 2012 this composition with a RENFE 333 and Talgo coaches was photographed in Pontevedra, Galicia.

Just besides on the same day in Pontevedra there was also an ALVIA Talgo Hybrid train, the same class as the ill fated composition that derailed in 2013 in Santiago.

On the 25 th of August 2013 this Train is coming from Puigcerda and heading towards Barcelona. Here in Planoles.

Cheers
Andreas

[BalkanExpress]

Old rockers never die

Here, our RENFE`s DL500 'World' locomotives 1600 serie (similar, but not the same as your A301 - A310 ALCO) in his second life as tool machine in a contractor train.

RENFE's ex 1608 working in a COMSA's contractor train. Antequera station, in the southern line Bobadilla-Granada. 2010

As you can see, main diferences are rotation of front lights, no front multiple unit plug un the rounded part of the nose, diferente step position in the front skirt...)

It gives me a question to TEE1055 about his transformation of his Electrotren's RENFE 1800 and the front light. I'm transforming one and I've some questions to solve

Enjoy

BalkanExpress

[BalkanExpress]

Hi to all you,

Some pictures from the Seville to Cadiz high speed line works with locomotives and contractors machines. Hope you'll enjoy altought taken with my 'real' shell phone

RENFE's 319, 3rd subserie (ex 1900) serie in a ballast train. Those locomotives has been bought by some contractors (as TECSA in this picture) for work trains. RENFE's 1900 diesel locomotive were the most numerous diesel locomotive in the network. Rebuilt into 2nd and 3rd subserie, using some parts (bogies, engines...) algo give way to the numerouns and complete 3rd subserie

Some independient operators has bought some RENFE's 319 serie for freight traffic. Those operators are link to some railway contractors as seen in this picture. Here, in a weigjt test on a bridge on Seville-Cadiz high Speed line

A track estabilisator and ballast profiler on work

An ALVIA service to Cadiz pases to the new track works at Las Cabezas de San Juan Station (Saint John's Head station, as direct translation)

Regards

BalkanExpress, wondering when he's going to be on holidays...

[BarbaPanagos]

thanks again Adelardo, your phone gets great shots!

hope you are having some holidays soon, in Greece maybe

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[Andreas]

thanks again Adelardo, your phone gets great shots!

Yep...probably he uses an Android or iPhone and no Shell Phone....

[BarbaPanagos]

mine is an Android as well a rather low end though but it's OK,
I prefer shooting with my DSLR, surfing the net with my laptop, and using my old good Bialetti for the espresso

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