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CP Class LE 5600
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Siemens / Sorefame Build date 1993-1995 Total produced 30
Specifications Configuration: ​  • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Wheelbase 10,500 mm (34 ft 5+3⁄8 in) Length 19,580 mm (64 ft 2+7⁄8 in) Loco weight 86 t (85 long tons; 95 short tons) Electric system/s 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary Current pickup(s) Pantograph
Performance figures Maximum speed 220 km/h (140 mph) Power output 5,600 kW (7,500 hp) Tractive effort 300 kN (67,000 lbf)
Career Current owner Comboios de Portugal Medway Disposition 28 in service, 1 being rebuilt, 1 destroyed by collision

Class 5600 are a series of electric locomotives built by Siemens in association with Sorefame of Portugal for Comboios de Portugal, the state owned railway company of Portugal.

Overview

The 5600 locomotives predate the EuroSprinter family of modular locomotives built by Siemens for European railway companies, but have much in common with the later machines. Externally the locomotives are identical to Spain's Class 252 which were built at the same time, albeit without DC capability.

Accidents

Of the 30 locomotives that were originally bought, 5624 was severely damaged in an accident in 2003, and 5613 was also damaged in the Alfarelos train crash.

See also

• EuroSprinter
• Sorefame (Portuguese), Sociedades Reunidas de Fabricações Metálicas
• Renfe Class 252 Similar locomotives built from 1991-1996 for the Spanish Railways
• OSE Class 120 similar locomotives build by KraussMaffei-Siemens for Hellenic Railways Organization in 1997-2005, Operating on 25kV 50Hz AC

References

1. ^ "CP LE 5600 Series". Railcolor.net. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
2. "INFERNO NA LINHA DE SINES". cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
3. "Inquérito DMS N.o 472859-DSC". REFER. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

External links

• CP 5600 @ Trainspo

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