# CP Class 4700

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CP Class 4700 Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Siemens Model ES46B1 Build date 2007–2009 Total produced 25 Specifications Configuration: ​ • UIC Bo′Bo′ Gauge 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Length 19,580 mm (64 ft 2+7⁄8 in) Axle load 21.75 t (21.41 long tons; 23.98 short tons) Loco weight 87 t (85.63 long tons; 95.90 short tons) Electric system/s 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary Current pickup Pantograph Performance figures Maximum speed 140 km/h (87 mph) Power output 4,600 kW (6,200 hp) Tractive effort 300 kN (67,000 lbf) Career Current owner Medway

**Class 4700** are a series of medium power electric [locomotives](/source/Locomotives) built by [Siemens](/source/Siemens) for [Comboios de Portugal](/source/Comboios_de_Portugal), the state owned railway company of [Portugal](/source/Portugal). They were built to replace the [CP Class 2550](/source/CP_Class_2550) locomotives dating from the early 1960s. Siemens were the natural choice for the original order for 15 machines, placed in 2006, as they built the older [Class 5600](/source/CP_Class_5600) locomotives in the 1990s. An option for 10 further locomotives was provided for, and this was taken up in 2007, with delivery following on from the original batch.[1]

## EuroSprinter family

The 4700 locomotives are part of the [EuroSprinter](/source/EuroSprinter) family of modular locomotives built by Siemens for European railway companies. These 4700 kW engines are a downgraded version of the ES64U4 (4700 kW).

These engines belong to the last EuroSprinter generation, featuring safer cabs.

### Cab design

The machines feature a new cab design, meeting the latest EU safety directives in [crashworthiness](/source/Crashworthiness),[1] a design which was continued with the [Class 18](/source/SNCB_Class_18_(Siemens)) locomotives built for the [Belgian](/source/Belgium) [state railway company](/source/National_Railway_Company_of_Belgium).[2]

The new [Siemens Vectron](/source/Siemens_Vectron) also use this successful cab.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-railcolor4700_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-railcolor4700_1-1) ["CP LE 4700 Series"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110726183942/http://www.railcolor.net/index.php?nav=1405005&lang=1). *Railcolor.net*. Archived from [the original](http://www.railcolor.net/index.php?nav=1405005&lang=1) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["SNCB/NMBS 18 Series"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201203112206/http://www.railcolor.net/index.php?nav=1405006&lang=1). *Railcolor.net*. Archived from [the original](http://www.railcolor.net/index.php?nav=1405006&lang=1) on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

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