CP 0466 – SOREFAME/EMEF-GOP

Diesel-hydraulic multiple unit operated by CP seen at Lisboa (Santa Apolónia) station in January 2008. This diesel-hydraulic multiple unit with fleet number 0466+0466 (M+T) ¹ , motor unit in the foreground, is a SOREFAME/EMEF-GOP build, included in a series of 19 double-units placed in service in 1999. It results from the rehabilitation of the CP 0400-series manufactured in Portugal in 1965–1966 by SOREFAME. With an overall length of 170.5 ft, they can accommodate 164 seated passengers, 40 of these in first class. The motor unit uses two 298 kW (405 hp) Cummins NTA855-R3 diesel engines and a Niigata Converter CO hydraulic transmission. Nominal output (wheels) is 493 kW (671 hp) and starting tractive effort is 83 kN (8500 kg). Weight in service is 92.7 t. It can run in multiple units, up to 3 units. Wheelset arrangement is 1'A' A'1'+2 '2' and gauge is 5 ft 5 21⁄32 in. Top speed is 75 mph. This SOREFAME/EMEF-GOP build, known in Portugal as a " UDD " (...