Ferrocarril de Langreo

Ferrocarril de Langreo or FC de Langreo was a Spanish railway company which operated a standard gauge line, in the Autonomous Community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It was the third train constructed in Spain, at 1850 decade.

A private km to mi|50| abbr=yes railway focused on Coal and Iron Ore from the mines of Laviana, Langreo... and the factory of La Felguera to Gijon, it was the only non-urban Spanish railway built to RailGauge|sg standard gauge, which often led it to look for second-hand rolling-stock, mainly from the United States. This included the purchase of:
*Four USATC S160 Class steam locomotives in 1959 from the Alaska Railroad [ [http://www.gregoriou.itgo.com/custom4.html USATC Steam Locomotives 1942 - 1947] ] [http://www.ratrust.org/Photos/Spain/Locomotives/Narrow_Gauge__W_/N_G__West/n_g__west_23.html]
*Talgo passenger coach sets built for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1964. [ [http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/es/car/historic/Talgo-II/pix.html Picture Gallery - Directory: /pix/es/car/historic/Talgo-II ] ]
*Four ALCO RS-3 diesel electric units in 1964, from the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. A fifth unit, numbered 1604, was purchased in 1971 from the Burlington Northern Railroad, a piece of surplus Great Northern Railway stock from the 1970 merger that formed the Burlington Northern. [ [http://alcoworld.railfan.net/langreo.htm Ferrocarril de Langreo en Asturias ] ]

In 1973, the FC de Langreo was absorbed by FEVE, which rebuilt the Gijon-Laviana line to metre gauge in 1983.

See also

*Transportation in Spain
*RENFE
*FEVE
*History of rail transport in Spain.

References

External links

* [http://orion.math.iastate.edu/jdhsmith/term/slesfcla.htm Steam locomotives of the FC de Lagreo]
* [http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/es/car/historic/Talgo-II/pix.html The Railfaneurope.net Picture Gallery]