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TheRenfe Class 310 is a class of 60 four axle Bo'Bo'diesel-electric locomotives forshunting andfreight built byMeinfesa withGeneral Motors Electromotive Division components (engine, electrical transmission).
In the mid-2000s 4 units were converted to a subclass310.1; a push-pull container train with a 310 class locomotive at each end; the units later became the property ofFerrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) and became the353 Series.
The Renfe 310 was ordered in the late 1980s as a replacement for theRenfe Class 307 and308. The order was part of a modernisation of the diesel shunting fleet in the 1980s which also resulted in theRenfe Class 309 and311. The 310 Class is a variant of theGeneral Motors SW1001 switcher with a modified cab shape.
The locomotives were painted in the standard silver and red livery standard for Renfe shunting locomotives.[3]
As of 2010 the class are split betweenAdif and Renfe Mercancías.[3]
4 units have been converted to a formation known as "Medium Distance Teco" (TMD)[1] (Spanish:Teco de Media Distancia); this is a service intended to movecontainerised freight a distance between 120 and 300 km (75 and 186 mi), and compete with road transport.[note 1] Each train consists of 8 60 ft (18.29 m) wagons and a class 310 locomotive at either end, with acontainer capacity of 24TEU.[4] The locomotives are connected by optical fibre.[2]The 310.1 locomotives received modified cabs, similar to the design of the rebuiltRenfe 333.3 subclass.
Later the two sets were sold toFGC and in 2009 began use transporting car parts to aSEAT factory.[5] Under FGC ownership the units became the classFGC 353.
