The Nuria Line

Trains Magazine Passenger
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The latest issue of the French Rail Passion has an illustrated article on the very scenic Nuria mountain railroad, apparently narrow gauge, with rack sections.

I have not been able to figure out from what the voltage and frequency (or dc) of the electrification. This is located mostly in the Catalonian part of Spain.

Anyone know? A very very scenic line and vital for the communities that depend on it for their only link to the outside world. And with a museum of their own and other narrow gauge equipment, occasionalliy operated, but steam only on display.

2

There’s a fellow named Mario who lives in Portugal who sends quite a few interesting posts on rail and transit operations in Spain and Portugal. If he sees your post maybe he can tell us something.

3

While waiting for Mario, you could look at the Vall de Nuria Rack Railway website (en Espaniol): http://www.valldenuria.cat/estiu/ or at the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vall_de_Nuria_Rack_Railway

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See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vall_de_Núria_Rack_Railway

Locale

Pyrenees in the north ofCatalonia

Operation

Opened

March 22, 1931

Owner

Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya

Technical

Line length

12.5 km (7.8 mi)
5

Good bit of research, thanks!

6

The voltage is the same as South Shore and the Metra Electric district.

7

And like those two examples, the most modern equipment features semi-synchronous, computer-controlled ac motors and speed control inverters.