Renfe (Spanish Railways) ALCO locomotive 1615; Railway Gazette 1958 : Renfe (Ferrocarriles Españoles) locomotora ALCO 1615
A grainy scan of an image from a 1958 article but showing the rather fine US/Canadian ALCO locomotive 1615 delivered to RENFE in 1954 for tests as DL500. It would be the first of a batch of locomotives that would herald the use of diesel locomotives on Spanish Railways and a further 16 were ordered (with a rear cab to allow bi-directional use). Nicknamed 'The Marilyn' after Marilyn Munro, reputedly because of its US origins and a tendency to 'sway' 1615 stayed in use until 1978 and is now preserved in the Railway Museum in Madrid. The class was associated with the line from Central Spain into Andalucia, the Despeñaperros Pass, but it seen here under typical Spanish overhead and signalling in what is I suspect a publicity shot. The livery was aluminium silver with green stripes.
Renfe (Spanish Railways) ALCO locomotive 1615; Railway Gazette 1958 : Renfe (Ferrocarriles Españoles) locomotora ALCO 1615
A grainy scan of an image from a 1958 article but showing the rather fine US/Canadian ALCO locomotive 1615 delivered to RENFE in 1954 for tests as DL500. It would be the first of a batch of locomotives that would herald the use of diesel locomotives on Spanish Railways and a further 16 were ordered (with a rear cab to allow bi-directional use). Nicknamed 'The Marilyn' after Marilyn Munro, reputedly because of its US origins and a tendency to 'sway' 1615 stayed in use until 1978 and is now preserved in the Railway Museum in Madrid. The class was associated with the line from Central Spain into Andalucia, the Despeñaperros Pass, but it seen here under typical Spanish overhead and signalling in what is I suspect a publicity shot. The livery was aluminium silver with green stripes.