The Valdepeñas–Puertollano railway was a Spanish 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) gauge narrow gauge railway that operated between Valdepeñas and Puertollano. The railway opened in 1924 and closed in 1963, and operated over 78 kilometres (48 mi) of track. Locomotives included 9 steam locomotives of 0-8-0 and 0-6-0 types manufactured by Couillet, Arnold Jung and Orenstein & Koppel, and one diesel locomotive made by Metalúrgica S. Martin. There were also 17 passenger cars and 160 freight cars.[1][2][3][4][5]
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- ^ Morley, J. & P.G. Spencer, Locomotives & Railcars of the Spanish Narrow Gauge Public Railways, London, 1995, Industrial Railway Society
- ^ Juan Carlos López Peco: Líneas de ferrocarril – Valdepeñas a Puertollano “El Trenillo”.
- ^ Ángel Rivera: Crónicas de la vía estrecha (I R): De Valdepeñas a Puertollano en “el trenillo de La Calzá”. 29 May 2016.
- ^ Miguel Antonio Maldonado: El ferrocarril en La Mancha – El “trenillo” de Valdepeñas a Puertollano, 1890-1963. Diputacion de Ciudad Real.
- ^ Ferrocarril de Valdepeñas a la Calzada de Calatrava y Puertollano. 3 May 2012.
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