RENFE Class 353
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The RENFE Class 353, formerly known as the T-3000 are a class of diesel hydraulic locomotives built by Krauss-Maffei
for express trains in Spain.
, being similar in design, and from the same builder, but with more power and also two cabins which simplifies operation.
They were delivered between 1968 and 1969, built to a similar two engined hydraulic tranmission design as the Class 352 but with Maybach
12 cylinder engine developing more power, 1500 hp (at 1600 rpm) each, giving a tractive effort of 268 kN. Built with two interior walkways via the cabins, the locomotives were a little heavier than their predecessors at 88 t.
The locomotives were fitted with coupling screws and Scharfenberg couplers. Auxiliary generators provide electrical power for the coaches.
Two sets of standard gauge bogies were also supplied, for cross border work.
The locomotives were painted in red-silver.
coaches at a record speed of over 220 km/h (136.7 mph). Their commission was related to the inauguration of the Talgo III RD (dual gauge) coached train from Madrid
to Paris
via Burgos
, Vitoria, Hendaya
and Bordeaux
.
The trains also worked other international trains such as Barcelona
to Geneva
via Narbonne
, Montpellier
and Culoz
, and the Paris
to Barcelona
; taking charge of the train after it passed the change of gauge to broad Iberian gauge
at the stations of Irún
and Portbou
.
The mass electrifications in the eighties reduced the radius of action of both the Class 352 and Class 353, operating primarily in the axes Badajoz
/ Lisbon
, Granada
/ Almería
, Murcia
/ Cartagena
and direct corridor from Madrid to Burgos
.
The standard gauge bogies found a use unexpected at the time of the locomotives inception – in 1991 was used to tow a Talgo pendular train on the high speed Madrid to Seville
AVE
line.
The class was retired on 25 September 2003. The 353-005-2 is preserved in working condition at the museum of Vilanova.
In May 1972, one of them reached a speed of 222 km/h between Guadalajara
and Azuqueca de Henares
. Between Alcazar de San Juan
and Rio Záncara
, on 4 May 1978, 353-001 reached 230 kilometres per hour (142.9 mph) and held the diesel speed record for some time.
Krauss-Maffei
The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG or simply Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer and defence company based in Munich, Germany...
for express trains in Spain.
Background and design
The class could be described as the bigger and better sisters of the RENFE Class 352RENFE Class 352
The RENFE Class 352 was a class of twin engined diesel hydraulic four axle locomotives built by Krauss-Maffei, designed solely for passenger traffic; in particular they were responsible for towing andalusian Talgo III trains....
, being similar in design, and from the same builder, but with more power and also two cabins which simplifies operation.
They were delivered between 1968 and 1969, built to a similar two engined hydraulic tranmission design as the Class 352 but with Maybach
Maybach
Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH is a German luxury car manufacturer. It was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach and his son. The company was originally a subsidiary of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH and was itself known as Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH until 1912.Today, the ultra-luxury car brand is owned by...
12 cylinder engine developing more power, 1500 hp (at 1600 rpm) each, giving a tractive effort of 268 kN. Built with two interior walkways via the cabins, the locomotives were a little heavier than their predecessors at 88 t.
The locomotives were fitted with coupling screws and Scharfenberg couplers. Auxiliary generators provide electrical power for the coaches.
Two sets of standard gauge bogies were also supplied, for cross border work.
The locomotives were painted in red-silver.
Operations
A total of five diesel were acquired to pull the Talgo IIITalgo
Talgo is a Spanish manufacturer of railway vehicles. It is best known for a design of articulated railway passenger cars in which the wheels are mounted in pairs, but not joined by an axle, and being between rather than underneath the individual coaches...
coaches at a record speed of over 220 km/h (136.7 mph). Their commission was related to the inauguration of the Talgo III RD (dual gauge) coached train from Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
via Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...
, Vitoria, Hendaya
Hendaye
Hendaye is the most south-westerly town and commune in France, lying in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and located in the traditional province Lapurdi of the French Basque Country...
and Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
.
The trains also worked other international trains such as Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
to Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
via Narbonne
Narbonne
Narbonne is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Once a prosperous port, it is now located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea...
, Montpellier
Montpellier
-Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
and Culoz
Culoz
Culoz is a commune in the Ain department in the Rhône-Alpes region of France.-Geography:The town, which is situated on the right bank of the River Rhône just a few kilometres from the first foothills of the Alps, is dominated by the Grand Colombier: the highest summit of the southern end of the...
, and the Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
; taking charge of the train after it passed the change of gauge to broad Iberian gauge
Iberian gauge
Iberian gauge is the name given to the track gauge most extensively used by the railways of Spain and Portugal: namely ....
at the stations of Irún
Irun
Irun is a town of the Bidasoa-Txingudi region in the province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain...
and Portbou
Portbou
Portbou is a town in the Alt Empordà county, in Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of 1,307 people.- Overview :It is located near the French border in the Costa Brava region, and frequently serves as a dropping off point for SNCF trains coming from Cerbère in France.Portbou...
.
The mass electrifications in the eighties reduced the radius of action of both the Class 352 and Class 353, operating primarily in the axes Badajoz
Badajoz
Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain, situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana, and the Madrid–Lisbon railway. The population in 2007 was 145,257....
/ Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
, Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
/ Almería
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
, Murcia
Murcia
-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...
/ Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain
Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital...
and direct corridor from Madrid to Burgos
Burgos
Burgos is a city of northern Spain, historic capital of Castile. It is situated at the edge of the central plateau, with about 178,966 inhabitants in the city proper and another 20,000 in its suburbs. It is the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León...
.
The standard gauge bogies found a use unexpected at the time of the locomotives inception – in 1991 was used to tow a Talgo pendular train on the high speed Madrid to Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
AVE
AVE
Alta Velocidad Española is a service of high-speed rail in Spain operated by Renfe, the Spanish national railway company, at speeds of up to . The name is literally translated from Spanish as "Spanish High Speed", but also a play on the word , meaning "bird".AVE trains run on a network of...
line.
The class was retired on 25 September 2003. The 353-005-2 is preserved in working condition at the museum of Vilanova.
Diesel speed record
This class once had its glory days, because for some time it held the world speed record for diesel traction.In May 1972, one of them reached a speed of 222 km/h between Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
and Azuqueca de Henares
Azuqueca de Henares
Azuqueca de Henares is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2008 census , the municipality has a population of 30,794 inhabitants.-History of Azuqueca:...
. Between Alcazar de San Juan
Alcázar de San Juan
Alcázar de San Juan is a town and municipality in the province of Ciudad Real, part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain...
and Rio Záncara
Záncara
The Záncara is a 168 km long river in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is a tributary to the Cigüela, a tributary of the Guadiana. Its source is near the village Abia de la Obispalía, west of Cuenca, in the Iberian System. The Záncara flows southwest, along the town of Socuéllamos...
, on 4 May 1978, 353-001 reached 230 kilometres per hour (142.9 mph) and held the diesel speed record for some time.
Fleet details
| Original number | UIC number | Name | Manufacturer | manufacturers number | Introduction | Withdrawal | Kilometres travelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3001 T | 353-001-1 | "Virgen de Lourdes" | Krauss-Maffei Krauss-Maffei The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG or simply Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer and defence company based in Munich, Germany... |
19449 | 1968 | 9/03/2003 | 5913610 |
| 3002 T | 353-002-9 | "Virgen de Fatima" | 19450 | 1968 | 5/08/2001 | 5765725 | |
| 3003 T | 353-003-7 | "Virgen del Yugo" | 19451 | 1968 | 25/09/1990 | 4385799 | |
| 3004 T | 353-004-5 | "Virgen de la Paloma" | 19452 | 1969 | 9/02/1983 | 2894871 | |
| 3005 T | 353-005-2 | "Virgen de la Bien Aparecida" | 19453 | 1969 | 25/09/2003 | 6041510 |
See also
- RENFE Class 352RENFE Class 352The RENFE Class 352 was a class of twin engined diesel hydraulic four axle locomotives built by Krauss-Maffei, designed solely for passenger traffic; in particular they were responsible for towing andalusian Talgo III trains....
, RENFE Class 354RENFE Class 354The RENFE Class 354 is a series of eight diesel hydraulic locomotives manufactured by Krauss-Maffei in Germany specifically to pull Talgo pendular coaches which were introduced shortly before the acquisition of these machines....
- Predecessor and successor classes, built to a very similar design by Krauss-Maffei.
External links
- Photographs of the Class 353 fototrenes.tranvia.org