CP Class 5600

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Wheelbase	10,500 mm (34 ft 5+3⁄8 in)
Length	19,580 mm (64 ft 2+7⁄8 in)
Loco weight	86 t; (85 long tons; 95 short tons)
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Siemens / Sorefame
Build date	1993-1995
Total produced	30

CP Class LE 5600
CP Class LE 5600
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Siemens / Sorefame
Build date	1993-1995
Total produced	30
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Wheelbase	10,500 mm (34 ft 5+3⁄8 in)
Length	19,580 mm (64 ft 2+7⁄8 in)
Loco weight	86 t; (85 long tons; 95 short tons)
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	220 km/h (140 mph)
Power output	5,600 kW (7,500 hp)
Tractive effort	300 kN (67,000 lbf)
Current owner
Career
Current owner	Comboios de Portugal Medway
Disposition	28 in service, 1 being rebuilt, 1 destroyed by collision

Class 5600 are a series of electric locomotives built by Siemens in association with Sorefame of Portugal for Comboios de Portugal, the state owned railway company of Portugal.^[1]

Overview

The 5600 locomotives predate the EuroSprinter family of modular locomotives built by Siemens for European railway companies, but have much in common with the later machines. Externally the locomotives are identical to Spain's Class 252 which were built at the same time, albeit without DC capability.^[1]

Accidents

Of the 30 locomotives that were originally bought, 5624 was severely damaged in an accident in 2003,^[2] and 5613 was also damaged in the Alfarelos train crash.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "CP LE 5600 Series". Railcolor.net. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
^ "INFERNO NA LINHA DE SINES". cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
^ "Inquérito DMS N.o 472859-DSC". REFER. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.