RENFE Class 311
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The RENFE Class 311 is a class of four axle Bo'Bo' diesel electric shunting and light freight locomotives.
.The locomotives are sometimes known as Mabi from the initials of the companies involved in the design of the locomotive.
The prototype locomotive led to an order of 60 units, which were assigned to the subclass 311.1, and numbered 311.101 to 311.160.
The transmission system uses 4 axle hung pinion drive three-phase asynchronous motors powered by a three phase alternator driven by a MTU
engine partly license built by Bazán. Siemens supplied Sibas-16 microprocessor engine control systems.
The prototype locomotive was initially painted orange with a white stripe, the series production were all given a red/silver livery; standard for RENFE shunting locomotives. Some units have subsequently received a more recent white/grey renfe livery. As of 2010 most of the units are operated by RENFE Mercancías, about one third have been assigned to the infrastructure company Adif
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for Mexico, Israel and Egypt (35 units, 1997-2000) and the SNCF Class BB 60000
(175 units, 2004-8).
Background and design
The prototype locomotive 311.001 was designed by M.T.M. (Barcelona), Ateinsa (Madrid) and Babcock and Wilcox (Bilbao); the project was led by the Instituto Nacional de IndustriaInstituto Nacional de Industria
'Instituto Nacional de Industria' , literally National Institute of Industry, was a Spanish state-owned financing and industrial holding company, currently succeeded by the Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales' .-History:...
.The locomotives are sometimes known as Mabi from the initials of the companies involved in the design of the locomotive.
The prototype locomotive led to an order of 60 units, which were assigned to the subclass 311.1, and numbered 311.101 to 311.160.
The transmission system uses 4 axle hung pinion drive three-phase asynchronous motors powered by a three phase alternator driven by a MTU
MTU Friedrichshafen
MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is a manufacturer of commercial internal combustion engines founded by Wilhelm Maybach and his son Karl Maybach in 1909...
engine partly license built by Bazán. Siemens supplied Sibas-16 microprocessor engine control systems.
The prototype locomotive was initially painted orange with a white stripe, the series production were all given a red/silver livery; standard for RENFE shunting locomotives. Some units have subsequently received a more recent white/grey renfe livery. As of 2010 most of the units are operated by RENFE Mercancías, about one third have been assigned to the infrastructure company Adif
Adif
Adif, an acronym of Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, is a Spanish state-owned company under the responsibility of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, charged with the management of most of Spain's railway infrastructure, that is the track, signalling and stations...
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Derivatives
The locomotives were a success for the Spanish engineering industry, and the design formed the basis of a number of locomotive types exported from the Meinfesa factory: the SBB Am 841 (40 units 1994), the GA DE900 locomotivesGA DE900 locomotives
The GA-DE 900 is a family of 4 axle Bo'Bo' diesel electric locomotives manufactured in Spain, by Meinfesa.The class derive from the RENFE Class 311 type locomotive developed by MTM , Ateinsa and Babcock and Wilcox.-Switzerland:...
for Mexico, Israel and Egypt (35 units, 1997-2000) and the SNCF Class BB 60000
SNCF Class BB 60000
The SNCF class BB 60000 are a class of 4 axle heavy shunting and light freight diesel electric locomotives built at the Vossloh Espana works in Valencia. Since the class is primarily used as a freight locomotive the class is commonly referred to as SNCF BB460000.The prefix "4" used by FRET for...
(175 units, 2004-8).
See also
- RENFE Class 309RENFE Class 309The RENFE Class 309 is a class of 20 three axle diesel hydraulic shunters built by M.T.M. for RENFE, and introduced between 1986-7.-History and design:...
, and RENFE Class 310RENFE Class 310The RENFE Class 310 is a class of 60 four axle Bo'Bo' diesel electric shunting and freight locomotives built by Meinfesa with General Motors Electromotive Division components ....
: contemporary shunting locomotives ordered a during the same period of modernisation of RENFE's shunter fleet.
Sources
- Arenillas Melendo, Justo : "La Traccion en los ferrocarriles españoles, Editorial Via Libre, Madrid, 2007