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Ferrocarril de Langreo

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Steam locomotive number 3 of the Langreo Railway. Built in 1852. Photographed in 1887.

Ferrocarril de Langreo or FC de Langreo (FCL) was a Spanish railway company which operated a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge[1] line, in the Autonomous Community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It was the third train line constructed in Spain and was built during the 1850s.

History

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View of the inclined plane of San Pedro and the old station of Florida

The private 50 km (31 mi) 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-standard gauge, which often led it to look for second-hand rolling stock, mainly from the United States. This included the purchase of:

In 1973, the FC de Langreo was absorbed by FEVE, which rebuilt the Gijon-Laviana line to 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge in 1983.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ferropedia - Compañía del Ferrocarril de Langreo en Asturias". Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  2. ^ USATC Steam Locomotives 1942 - 1947 Archived January 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ http://www.ratrust.org/Photos/Spain/Locomotives/Narrow_Gauge__W_/N_G__West/n_g__west_23.html[dead link]
  4. ^ Photos of the ex-NH Talgo cars in FCL service
  5. ^ Ferrocarril de Langreo en Asturias
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