CP Class 1400
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The CP Class 1400 are a series of 67 diesel-electric locomotives built for the Portuguese Railways between 1967 and 1969. They have a top speed of 105 km/h.
CP 1404 pulls a regional passenger train at Porto in 2013
Line diagram of Class 1400 locomotives
English Electric's K, RK and V type diesel engines were manufactured by the English Electric company of the United Kingdom for stationary, rail transport and maritime use between 1934 and 1976.
CP Class 1400
…by English Electric, they are closely modelled mechanically on the British Rail Class 20 locomotives but using a more powerful intercooled 1,330 bhp 8CSVT version of the Class 20's 8SVT engine. The locomotives were designed for the 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge and larger loading gauge than…
Cutaway 12SVT in a Queensland Railways 1250 class at the Workshops Rail Museum, North Ipswich