In
the Germany of the 50s it bet for a type of economic vehicle that
was contributing the essential of some previous experiences as for
railway autorails adding new materials and technologies developed
for the  car
transport that should allow the local lines to connect with the
principal railway arteries.
New
material East was named Schienenbús
(Ferrobús in Spanish) and it was
allowing to flee of the classic conception of the travelers' heavy
car dragged by a locomotive.
In
Spain, RENFE chose for this material
adapted to his needs. When a network did not exist in Spain with
densities similar to the Europeans, the service of the ferrobús
in local lines turned into the substitute of trains mail or bus that
they were dragging painfully with steam locomotives, in many cases
complementing the diurnal services of line in combination with
autorails like TAF or TER,
which only realized stops on the most important stations of the line.
Other services different from those who were done in Germany were
the local trains of Madrid and Valencia, besides services in lines
and secondary branches, I target for the one that they were designed.
This
volume dedicates to the ferrobús his
history, description and services, joined an elegant graphical
selection of the step of this series in RENFE
and in other countries where it has circulated the Ferrobús
or Schienenbus. |
