Class 4700 are a series of medium power electric
locomotives built by
Siemens
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for
Comboios de Portugal, the state owned railway company of
Portugal. They were built to replace the
CP Class 2550 locomotives dating from the early 1960s. Siemens were the natural choice for the original order for 15 machines, placed in 2006, as they built the older
Class 5600 locomotives in the 1990s. An option for 10 further locomotives was provided for, and this was taken up in 2007, with delivery following on from the original batch.
EuroSprinter family
The 4700 locomotives are part of the
EuroSprinter family of modular locomotives built by Siemens for European railway companies. These 4700 kW engines are a downgraded version of the ES64U4 (4700 kW).
These engines belong to the last EuroSprinter generation, featuring safer cabs.
Cab design
The machines feature a new cab design, meeting the latest EU safety directives in crashworthiness,
a design which was continued with the
Class 18 locomotives built for the
Belgian state railway company.
The new
Siemens Vectron
The Vectron is a locomotive series made by Siemens Mobility, introduced at the 2010 InnoTrans trade fair in four prototype versions: diesel, multi-system, and both AC and DC electric power. The diesel version has been replaced in 2018 by a dua ...
also use this successful cab.
References
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Electric locomotives of Portugal
Railway locomotives introduced in 2007
Siemens locomotives
Bo′Bo′ locomotives
5 ft 6 in gauge locomotives