Riba-roja de Túria, Avenida Puerto de Alicante 04.02.2024

            Stadler Rail Valencia S.A.U.: en el año 2013, la empresa sudafricana Swifambo Rail Leasing encargó a Vossloh la construcción de 50 locomotoras duales, para remolcar trenes de viajeros en la red operada por Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). Se fabricarían en la planta de Albuixech, que en 2015 fue vendida a Stadler Rail.

De las 50 locomotoras encargadas solo se construyeron cinco, dado que un rocambolesco caso de corrupción llevó a la cancelación del contrato. Entre otras cosas, las locomotoras eran más grandes que el gálibo de las líneas por las que debía circular. Estas cinco locomotoras nunca se enviaron a Sudáfrica, y durante unos años estuvieron almacenadas dentro de la factoría de Stadler Rail en Albuixech. Desde hace un tiempo, las cinco locomotoras están en las instalaciones de la empresa transportista Grupo Virosque en el Parque Logístico de Valencia.

Son del modelo Prasa Dual para ancho de vía de 1.067 mm, con una potencia de 3.000 kW en modo eléctrico y 2.800 kW en modo diésel, y una velocidad máxima de 140 km/h. Las cinco locomotoras fueron fabricadas en 2016, con número de fábrica de Stadler Rail 2801 a 2805.

Aquí vemos cuatro de ellas en las instalaciones de Virosque.
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Stadler Rail Valencia S.A.U.: in 2013, the South African company Swifambo Rail Leasing commissioned Vossloh to build 50 dual locomotives to haul passenger trains on the network operated by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). They would be manufactured at the Albuixech facility, which in 2015 was sold to Stadler Rail.

Of the 50 locomotives ordered, only five were built, since a bizarre case of corruption led to the cancellation of the contract. Among other things, the locomotives were larger than the gauge of the lines on which they had to work. These five locomotives were never shipped to South Africa, and for a few years were stored within the Stadler Rail factory in Albuixech. For some time now, the five locomotives have been at the facilities of the transport company Grupo Virosque in the Valencia Logistics Park.

They are of the Prasa Dual model for a track gauge of 1,067 mm, with a power of 3,000 kW in electric mode and 2,800 kW in diesel mode, and a maximum speed of 140 km/h. The five locomotives were manufactured in 2016, with Stadler Rail works numbers 2801 to 2805.

Here we see four of them in the Virosque facilities.

Taken on: February 4, 2024

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