Ferrocarril de Langreo or FC de Langreo (FCL) was a Spanish

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company which operated a line, in the

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, in northern

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. It was the third train line constructed in Spain and was built during the 1850s.

History

The private railway focused on moving coal and iron ore from the mines of Laviana and Langreo and the factory of La Felguera to Gijon. It was the only non-urban Spanish railway built to near-

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, which often led it to look for second-hand rolling stock, mainly from the

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. This included the purchase of: *Five

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steam locomotives in 1959 from the

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ARR 401 402 404 405 406 which kept their former numbers *Talgo passenger coach sets built for the

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in 1964, the rolling stock of the

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. *Four

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RS-3 diesel electric units in 1964, from the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. A fifth unit, numbered 1604, was purchased in 1971 from the

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, a piece of surplus Great Northern Railway stock from the 1970 merger that formed the Burlington Northern.Ferrocarril de Langreo en Asturias
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, which

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the Gijon-Laviana line to

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in 1983.

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Steam locomotives of the FC de Lagreo

Railway companies of Spain Transport in Asturias Metre gauge railways in Spain Langreo {{Spain-transport-stub

History

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