CP Class 5600

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Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Wheelbase	10,500 mm (34 ft 5+3⁄8 in)
Length	19,580 mm (64 ft 2+7⁄8 in)
Loco weight	86 t; (85 long tons; 95 short tons)
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph

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Power type	Electric
Builder	Siemens / Sorefame
Build date	1993-1995
Total produced	30

CP Class LE 5600
CP Class LE 5600
Power type
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Power type	Electric
Builder	Siemens / Sorefame
Build date	1993-1995
Total produced	30
Configuration:;
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Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)
Wheelbase	10,500 mm (34 ft 5+3⁄8 in)
Length	19,580 mm (64 ft 2+7⁄8 in)
Loco weight	86 t; (85 long tons; 95 short tons)
Electric system/s	25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Maximum speed
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Maximum speed	220 km/h (140 mph)
Power output	5,600 kW (7,500 hp)
Tractive effort	300 kN (67,000 lbf)
Current owner
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Current owner	Comboios de Portugal Medway
Disposition	28 in service, 1 being rebuilt, 1 destroyed by collision

Class 5600 are a series of electric locomotives built by Siemens in association with Sorefame of Portugal for Comboios de Portugal, the state owned railway company of Portugal.^[1]

Overview[]

The 5600 locomotives predate the EuroSprinter family of modular locomotives built by Siemens for European railway companies, but have much in common with the later machines. Externally the locomotives are identical to Spain's Class 252 which were built at the same time, albeit without DC capability.^[1]

Accidents[]

Of the 30 locomotives that were originally bought, 5624 was severely damaged in an accident in 2003^{[citation needed]}, and 5613 was also damaged in the Alfarelos train crash.^[2]