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Class 1550
Locomotive 1564 hauling a train of cars at Águas de Moura in 2009
Type and origin
Power type
Diesel-electric
Builder
Montreal Locomotive Works
Model
MX 620
Specifications
Gauge
1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Career
Operators
Comboios de Portugal
Class
Série 1550
Locale
Portugal
First run
1973
The Série 1550 are a series of 19 diesel-electric locomotives built for the Portuguese Railways (CP). They entered service in 1973; they were built in Canada by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW).[1] The locomotives are MLW's type MX 620 design.
^"Série 1550". CP official website. Archived from the original on 23 June 2009.
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