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Traditionally, the gauge of the national railway in Spain, now managed by Adif, is 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in), known as Iberian gauge.This gauge (originally 1,674mm but then reduced slightly to allow interoperability with Portugal) was decided upon by a Parliamentary committee, after a report known as the Informe Subercase (named for its principal author) in 1844. [1]
A broad gauge, it is the second-widest gauge in regular use anywhere in the world, with only Indian gauge railways, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), being wider (by 8 mm (5 ⁄ 16 in)). As finally established in 1955, [ 1 ] the Iberian gauge is a compromise between the similar, but slightly different, gauges adopted as respective national standards in ...
The Krauss-Maffei design was chosen since no other manufacturer offered similar power in the reduced height, and low centre of gravity that matches the Talgo trainsets, the internal design was very similar to the DB Class V 200.0 with the same engine and hydraulic drive, and similar bogies, though the exterior, and gauge are totally different. [3]
In 1999, a gauge-changer was installed at Tornio at the Finnish end of the dual-gauge section between Haparanda and Tornio, for use with variable gauge freight wagons. [45] The Tornio gauge changer is a Rafil design from Germany; a similar Talgo-RD gauge changer at the Haparanda end used to exist, but was removed [46] as it required de-icing in ...
Narrower gauge railways usually cost less to build because they are usually lighter in construction, using smaller cars and locomotives (smaller loading gauge), as well as smaller bridges, smaller tunnels (smaller structure gauge). [27] Narrow gauge is thus often used in mountainous terrain, where the savings in civil engineering work can be ...
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Delivered between 1983 and 1984, these engines provide a total power of 4,171 hp (3,110 kW), a figure never before reached by any other Spanish locomotive [note 1] The units have two cabins, like the predecessor Class 353, the twin-engined / twin hydraulic transmission design from Krauss-Maffei can be traced back in Spain to the single cabined Renfe Class 352 and the Renfe Class 340, and ...
The birth rate in America has long been on a decline, with the fertility rate reaching historic lows in 2023. More women between ages 25 to 44 aren’t having children, for a number of reasons.