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Don's Rail Photos

 Spanish Trams

 

 

Argentona

Tramvia de Mataro a Argentona

1 was built by Lladró Cuñatin in 1928.

2 was built by Lladró Cuñatin in 1928.

3 was built by Lladró Cuñatin in 1928.

4 was built by Juan Torrent Gispert of Mataro in 1929.

5 was built by Corde y Escoriaza in 1904 as Las Tranvias de Barcelona 52.  It became 349  in 1912 and became TMA 5 in 1950.

6 was built by Compania General de Tranvias in 1903 as 55. It became Las Tranvias de Barcelona 355 in 1912. It was rebuilt in 1937 and became TMA as 6 in in 1950.

7 was by Thomson-Houston in 1919 and came from Tranvias de Gijon.

8 and 10 were also second-hand cars.


Barcelona

There are 3 lines on a special page. 


Granada

Sociedad Anónima del Tranvía-Ferrocarril de Granada a Sierra Nevada

Work began in 1921 with the intention of connecting the Vistillas in Granada area, to the El Charcón area and from here to the Sierra Nevada.
The path continued the course of the river Genil until Maitena, flowing parallel to the road from Granada to Sierra Nevada to the village of Pinos Genil, through 14 tunnels and twenty bridges. In February 1925 was inaugurated the first stretch between Granada / Guejar Sierra, stretching to Maitena in 1927. Due to economic difficulties and the political vicissitudes of Spain, he had to wait until 1947 for the operation of the section between Maitena and Barranco de San Juan. At this point, was projected the construction of a cable car to the ski slopes of Sierra Nevada which never came to be built.  In 1971 the management becomes Ferrocarriles de Via Estrecha, it being closed on January 19, 1974. The layout of eight kilometers was flooded in part after the construction of the reservoir of channels.

2 was built by Lladro Conat & Co in 1924.  It was retired in 1974.

3 was built by Lladro Conat & Co in 1924.  It was retired in 1974 and plinthed.

15 was built by Lladro Conat & Co in 1925.  It was retired in 1974.

Tranvías Eléctricos de Granada

The line was closed in 1974.

4 was built by Carde y Escoriaza in 1914.

20 was built by TEG in 1940.

22 was built by TEG in 1940.

26 was built by TEG in 1940.

30 was built by TEG in 1940.

31 was built by TEG in 1940.


La Coruna

Compania de Tranvias de La Coruna

201 was rebuilt by CCFP in 1939/40, as Compania Carris de Ferro do Porto 172. It was renumbered 212 in 1946 and sold as Compania de Tranvias de La Coruna 201 in 2005.


Linares

Tranvia de Linares

Inaugurated in 1 of August of 1904, with two lines: Linares-mine of San Roque and Linares-Mine of the Tortilla. The concessionaire was D. Antonio Conejero and the construction and operating company Compagnie d`Electricité et de Tractión en Espagne.

In 1914 it begins to work new line to railroad station of Linares-Baeza. In 1934 they happen to depend on the State. Altogether those were 21 km of network that were operated. The cars were made by the Industria Eléctrica of Barcelona and they counted on truck Brill 21-E.The lines were closed in 15 of January of 1966.

This 2004 turns the centenary from the Tramway " Linares to the Mines".

This is the tramway going up Corredera Street in August 1904.

The car station was taken at  the inauguration of the service.

12.

There was an underground station.

M-10 has been preserved.


Madrid

Empresa Municipal de Transportes

These were the city lines of Madrid.

 

Metro Ligero de Madrid

166, Citadis 302, was built by Alstom in 2008.  It was not delivered but sold to Adelaide and remodeled at Preston as Adelaide Metro 202.


Seville

Compañía Sevillana de Electricidad

Tranvías de Sevilla

171 was built by Lladró Cuñatin in 1929.

172 was built by Lladró Cuñatin in 1929.

177 was built by Lladró Cuñatin in 1929.  It has apparently been acquired by a historical group.

 


Soller

Ferrocarril de Soller

1 was built by Carde y Escoriaza in 1913.

2 was built by Carde y Escoriaza in 1913.

4.

9 was built by Carde y Escorciaza in 1890 for Palma de Mallorca.  It was sold to FS in 1954.

19.


Valencia

Compañía de Tranvías y Ferrocarriles de Valencia

Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana

This system operated from 1876 until 1970.

125 was built by Carde y Escoriaza in 1912.

202 was built by Carde y Escoriaza in 1926.

207 was built by Lladró Cuñatin in 1926.

238 was built by Talleres Devus in 1930.

409 was built by Construcciones Moviles in 1943.

435 was built by Construcciones Moviles in 1945.

Tranvías Eléctricos de Alicante

It was taken over by the City Council on June 27, 1969, and closed on November 4, 1969.

39 was rebuilt.

61 was rebuilt.

63 was rebuilt.


Zaragoza

Tramvias de Zaragoza

Service began with horses on September 19, 1885. Electric service began on October 10, 1902, and the last car ran on January 22, 1976.

50 thru 65 were built in 1927 and retired in 1972. 60 was rebuilt as a children's library and scrapped in 1981. 63 was rebuilt as a trailer.

71 thru 83 were built in 1930 and retired in 1974. 83 has been preserved.

204 thru 206 were built in 1946 and retired and scrapped in 1976.

221 was originally car 203, built in 1948. In 1952 it was sold to Compania del Tranvia de Cadiz a San Fernando y Carraca SA as 207. It was returned to Zaragoza in 1963 and renumbered 221. It has been preserved or a future Museum of Transportation.

 

Mucho gracias a Josep M. Galindo y Andres Padilla Ceron por informacion y fotos.

 

 

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