Ferrocarril de Langreo or FC de Langreo (FCL) was a Spanish railway company which operated a 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 The private railway focused on moving coal and iron ore from the mines of Laviana and Langreo and the factory of La Felguera to Gijón. 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: Five 2-8-0 steam locomotives in 1959 from the Alaska Railroad ARR 401 402 404 405 406 which kept their former numbers USATC Steam Locomotives 1942 - 1947 http://www.ratrust.org/Photos/Spain/Locomotives/Narrow_Gauge__W_/N_G__West/n_g__west_23.html Talgo passenger coach sets built for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1964, the rolling stock of the John Quincy Adams (train).Photos of the ex-NH Talgo cars in FCL service Four ALCO RS-3 diesel electric units in 1964, from the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. A fifth unit, numbered 1604, was purchased in 1971 from the Burlington Northern Railroad, a piece of surplus Great Northern Railway stock from the 1970 merger that formed the Burlington Northern.Ferrocarril de Langreo en Asturias
In 1973, the FC de Langreo was absorbed by FEVE, which rebuilt the Gijón–Laviana line to metre gauge in 1983.
See also FEVE History of rail transport in Spain Renfe Transportation in Spain
References
External links Steam locomotives of the FC de Lagreo The Railfaneurope.net Picture Gallery