Builder: Ferro-Friki
Region: Europe & Middle East
Category entered:
Year entered: 2023
Brand of building bricks used:
LEGO
Since 2026, the Brick Train Awards have accepted models created with other LEGO®-compatible construction brick systems.
About Renfe Cercanías S-450 “El Buque” by Ferro-Friki
These units are employed by Renfe in their Cercanías (commuter) services. You can still see them going around Madrid, Barcelona and their surroundings. They're some of the oldest trains of this kind still in service, but that doesn’t mean they don’t retain a certain charm!
To be fair this vehicle isn’t actually a locomotive, but instead an “automotor”. However, Digital Locomotive is the category I think it fits best in.
Here you can see a great picture of the real thing by Lucas l251 on Flickr:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52791850438_b046c5e228_k.jpg