CP Class 5600

CP Class LE 5600
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderSiemens / Sorefame
Build date1993-1995
Total produced30
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICBo′Bo′
Gauge1,668 mm (5 ft 5+2132 in)
Wheelbase10,500 mm (34 ft 5+38 in)
Length19,580 mm (64 ft 2+78 in)
Loco weight86 t
(85 long tons; 95 short tons)
Electric system/s25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)Pantograph
Performance figures
Maximum speed220 km/h (140 mph)
Power output5,600 kW (7,500 hp)
Tractive effort300 kN (67,000 lbf)
Career
Current ownerComboios de Portugal Medway
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]

  1. ^ "CP LE 5600 Series". Railcolor.net. Retrieved 10 June 2010.