Diesel-electric locomotive Renfe 3T/353-003 "Virgen de Begoña",
built 1949 by American Car Foundry to work together with the Talgo II
units, of which the front end of the baggage car (without wheels) was
supported by the rear end of the locomotive. In 1958 the original
Hercules eight-cylinder engines were replaced by more reliable Maybach
six-cylinder engines. The Talgo II service ended in 1972, after which
three of the four locomotives were rebuilt with new rear ends, running
as a pair to pull a Talgo III between Miranda de Ebro and Bilbao until
1976. The preserved locomotive remains in the rebuilt state, recognizable
from the front by the buffers and additional headlights, but was
repainted in its livery of origin.
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Museu del Ferrocarril de Catalunya, Vilanova i la Geltr&uacute;, 2026-08-18.
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<a href="mailto:tbk.uncia@gmail.com">tobias b k&ouml;hler</a>