Ojos Negros Railway
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 133.51 mi
- Elevation gain
- 4,239 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 8,291 ft
- Max elevation
- 4,120 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 5 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 2 days 20 hours 19 minutes
- Coordinates
- 17177
- Uploaded
- November 26, 2023
- Recorded
- May 2023
near Ojos Negros, Aragón (España)
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Itinerary description
This former narrow gauge railway was built in 1907, in order to transport the Iron Ore from Ojos Negros mines to Sagunt sea port, and also to the steel mill, property from the same company (Compañia Minera de Sierra Menera).
This company originally tried to include its traffic in the already running Calatayud-Sagunt railway line, but some disagreements related to the costs, made this company to build a whole new railway, almost side by side with the Main line. As it was exclusivelly a freight railway, it avoided the villages.
In 1972 Sierra Menera signed with Renfe the property change to the national railways company. Having this in Mind, and in order to make stuff logic, they adapted the railways between the Ojos Negros mines and Santa Eulália train station to the Iberian gauge, where it connects to the main railway network. The rest of the narrow gauge was abandoned.
By the time I ran this greenway, the final strecth between Sagunt and Port de Sagunt, was not still finished, so I created an alternative scenic route, in order to simulate the original route, that used to finish at the Port.
This company originally tried to include its traffic in the already running Calatayud-Sagunt railway line, but some disagreements related to the costs, made this company to build a whole new railway, almost side by side with the Main line. As it was exclusivelly a freight railway, it avoided the villages.
In 1972 Sierra Menera signed with Renfe the property change to the national railways company. Having this in Mind, and in order to make stuff logic, they adapted the railways between the Ojos Negros mines and Santa Eulália train station to the Iberian gauge, where it connects to the main railway network. The rest of the narrow gauge was abandoned.
By the time I ran this greenway, the final strecth between Sagunt and Port de Sagunt, was not still finished, so I created an alternative scenic route, in order to simulate the original route, that used to finish at the Port.
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