The Renfe Class 269 is a class of
electric locomotive
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s operated by
Renfe
Renfe (, ), officially Renfe-Operadora, is Spain's national state-owned railway company.
It was created in 2005 upon the split of the former Spanish National Railway Network (RENFE) into the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias ( ...
in Spain. They were built by
CAF
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and
Macosa
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History MACOSA
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under license from
Mitsubishi
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.
Variants
Multiple variants of the Class 269 exist:
* 269.0: 80/140 km/h freight variant
* 269.2: 100/160 km/h variant for intermodal and passenger trains
* 269.5: 90/160 km/h variant for intermodal and freight trains
* 269.7: variant for intermodal trains
* 269.9: variant used for overnight services
* Four rebuilt locomotives with streamlined cabs for operation
Technical specifications
The locomotives are equipped with
monomotor bogies, which have two gears.
They use
rheostatic braking
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.
History
The locomotives were introduced in 1973. A total of 265 locomotives have been built.
Four Class 269 locomotives were sold to
Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
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Track gauge
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(EFE), the Chilean national rail operator, in 2003.
Further withdrawn Class 269 locomotives went on sale in 2010.
References
External links
Locomotora eléctrica 269.0/1 - Renfe Alquiler
{{Renfe locomotives
Electric locomotives of Spain
3000 V DC locomotives
B-B locomotives
Mitsubishi locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1973
269
Year 269 ( CCLXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Claudius and Paternus (or, less frequently, year 1022 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 269 for this ...
Westinghouse locomotives