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Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Diesel railbus Norte 9165 was built in 1935 in Zaragoza. It later became RENFE number 590-165. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Diesel shunter 10112 (RENFE 301-012) is seen on the turntable of the museum in Vilanova. It was built in Spain in 1963. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Diesel locomotive 1801 (318-001) is seen from the flat end. Normally this side was coupled to the train (coaches or freight cars) and it operated "nose first". The locomotive was built in 1958 in the USA. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain TALGO diesel locomotive 3005T (353-005) was built for hauling TALGO coach sets by Krauss Maffei in Germany in 1969. It could operate at up to 180km/h. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain TALGO diesel locomotive 4000T (354-001) is a modernised version of class 353, built in 1983. This class of 8 locomotives could operate at up to 200km/h. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Electric locomotive Norte 7001 later became RENFE 270-001. It was built for Barcelona-Manresa in 1928. Later it operated in Basque country from Miranda de Ebro on freight trains. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Heavy freight locomotive Norte 7206 (RENFE 272-006) in 1928. It operated until 1976 and is now restored in its original Norte livery. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Electric locomotive 7807 (278-007) was built in the USA in 1954. The last of the class was withdrawn in 1992. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Electric locomotiv 281-004 (Estado 1004) was built in 1929 for the Ripoll-Puigcerda line. Later it operated snowplow duties until it was withdrawn in 1982. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Shunting steam locomotive 020-0232 was built as MZA 602 in 1885 and used for many years as a shunter in Atocha workshop in Madrid. It is (or was?) the oldest operational steam locomotive in Spain. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive 030-2013, originally MZA 246, was buit in 1857 for freight and passenger trains and operated over 100 years. It was rebuilt into its original state for the museum. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive 030-2110 (Norte 1653) was built in 1881 in Germany. It used to work in Northwestern Spain before moving to Tarragona in the 1950s. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive Central de Aragon 1 was built in 1902 for hauling passenger trains at up to 80km/h over difficult lines. From the 1920s it operated on Valencia-Teruel-Caminreal as 030-2471 until the 1960s, when it was withdrawn. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive 040-2019, built for TBF in 1879 and later used by MZA with number 571, is of the rather uncommon 0-4-0 (D) type. This type is very useful in hilly terrain for trains with low speeds. The locomotive was based in Vilanova from 1949 until its retirement in 1967. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive "Mataro" is a replica of the first locomotive in Spain, built in 1948. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive 120-2112, originally MZA 168, is the oldest preserved steam locomotive in Spain. It was built in 1854 for passenger trains on Barcelona-Martorell, and adapted for shunting in 1913. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain A very common locomotive model for Spain, originally Oeste 77 (built in 1884) and later numbered 120-2131. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Locomotives 141F-2101 and 2348 are of a class that was built very late (1953/1957) and operated until the end of steam trains in Spain. Number 2348 was the last steam locomotive in Spain, withdrawn in 1975. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Locomotives 141F-2101 and 2348 are of a class that was built very late (1953/1957) and operated until the end of steam trains in Spain. Number 2348 was the last steam locomotive in Spain, withdrawn in 1975. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain 22 heavy freight locomotives of class 151F were built from 1942. The first of the class, number 3101 (originally RENFE 5001) is preserved in the museum. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain For passenger trains on flat terrain the Madrid-Caceres-Portugal company bought this locomotive in 1881. It later became Oeste 9 before ending its life as 220-2005 in 1953. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain This steam locomotive was built for Bobadilla-Algeciras passenger trains in 1890. It became Andaluces nr. 6 and later with RENFE 220-2023. It was withdrawn in Valencia in the 1960s. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive Norte 3101 was built in 1909 by Hanomag in Germany. Later it became number 230-2085. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain 30 locomotives of "compound" class 230 (MZA 651-680) were built in Germany from 1901. 230-4001 (MZA 651) is preserved in the museum. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive Central de Aragon 74 was built by Tubize in Belgium in 1927. RENFE later transferred the locomotive (number 240-2074) to Tarragona where it operated both passenger and freight trains. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain Steam locomotive MZA 1155 was built in Germany in 2013. Later it became RENFE number 240-2135. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |
Railway Museum Vilanova i la Geltrú - Spain After the Second World War, 242 locomotives of multi-purpose class 240F were built until 1953. Locomotives 2591 and 2705 can be seen in the museum. Vilanova i la Geltrú, 01-06-2023 Photo by Marco van Uden |