Série 1960 are a class of diesel-electric locomotives built for Portuguese Railways (CP). They were constructed by

Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian-German rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry ...

and entered service in 1979.CP official website
/ref> Of the 13 built, 5 remain in service in 2012. They have a top speed of 120 km/h and weigh 121 tonnes. The locomotives were purchased for use on the steeply-graded , with heavily loaded international services from Lisbon to Spain and France, including the "Sud Express". On 11 September 1985, locomotive 1961 was destroyed in an accident near

Alcafache Alcafache is a freguesia in the municipality (''concelho'') of Mangualde in the Portuguese central subregion of Dão-Lafões. The population in 2011 was 921,Article by D N Clough, ''Today's Railways (Europe)'', issue 195 (March 2012), pages 28-30, The remaining locomotives are expected to be withdrawn during 2012, with high fuel consumption being a contributing factor.

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