CP 2502 – Groupement 50 Hz
Electric locomotive operated by CP ¹ seen at Entroncamento station, on the Norte line , in October 2007. This electric locomotive with fleet number 2502 is built by Groupement 50 Hz ² , included in a series of 15 units (CP 2501–2515 ³ ) placed in service by CP in 1956–1957. Overall length (buffers) is 50.5 ft. Equipped with two pantographs and fed by 25 kV, 50 Hz, this electric locomotive uses four Alsthom TAO-645 A 1 traction motors. Nominal output (wheels) is 2053 kW (2790 hp). Starting tractive effort is approximately 191 kN (19500 kgf). Weight in service is 72 t. Wheelset arrangement is Bo' Bo' ⁴ and gauge is 5 ft 5 21⁄32 in ³. Top speed is 75 mph. It was used for both passenger and freight services. Here, on a serene October afternoon in 2007, we found locomotive CP 2502 at Entroncamento station , resting between services. If trains could talk, I would have asked her to tell me about her adventures over fifty years of service, about her...