Locomotoras Universidad de Fuenlabrada

Updated April 15, 2024

## Locomotoras Universidad de Fuenlabrada: Spain’s “Three Tractions” Railway Exhibit on the URJC Campus (Fuenlabrada, Madrid)

If you like industrial heritage but don’t want the formality (or ticketing) of a traditional museum, Locomotoras Universidad de Fuenlabrada is a surprisingly substantial stop. On the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) campus in Fuenlabrada, the city and partners have installed a small, open-air “museum of the train” built around three historic locomotives—chosen specifically to represent the three main traction types: steam, electric, and diesel.

Your dataset pins the location at:
– City: Fuenlabrada, Spain
– Coordinates: 40.2846974, -3.8204021 (matches your entry)
– Rating / type: 5.0, Tourist attraction (as provided)

What matters for travelers is that this display is positioned as a public-facing heritage installation: it’s described as free to visit during the university’s opening hours, and it’s been in place since May 2022.

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## What this place actually is

URJC and the municipality describe the site as a local “museo del tren” (train museum) hosted on the university campus, built around three “unique” pieces of Spanish railway history.

A key detail: this isn’t just random rolling stock dropped on a lawn. URJC frames it as part of a broader institutional project connected to railway heritage—specifically referencing a future relationship to a planned Fuenlabrada “subsede” (satellite site) of the Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid.

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## Why it’s notable (beyond “three big trains”)

### It’s curated around “three traction types”
URJC explicitly notes that the three locomotives are an “important example” of the three traction types:
– Steam (vapor)
– Electric (eléctrica)
– Diesel (diésel)

That thematic choice gives the visit structure: you’re not just looking at machinery—you’re looking at a compact story of how rail power evolved.

### One of the locomotives is described as a one-off prototype
Both URJC and the Ayuntamiento de Fuenlabrada describe the diesel locomotive as “a unique piece in the world” because it is a prototype.

Even if you’re not a train specialist, “prototype + preserved + public display” is inherently rare.

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## What you’ll see: the three locomotives (with dates and what’s confirmed)

URJC and the Fuenlabrada city sources consistently describe the set like this:

### 1) Steam locomotive: “Mikado” (1957)
– Identified as a steam locomotive (“a vapor”)
– Referred to as the “Mikado”
– Dated to 1957
– URJC reports 117 units were built of this Mikado (as stated in their news item).

### 2) Electric locomotive (1963)
– Identified as electric traction (“eléctrica”)
– Dated to 1963
– URJC reports 116 units for the electric series referenced in the exhibit description.

### 3) Diesel locomotive (prototype; referenced with 1963 in city comms)
– Identified as diesel traction (“diésel”)
– Described as a one-off prototype (unique in the world)
– The Ayuntamiento’s 2024 note ties the set to 1957 (steam), 1963 (electric), and a diesel prototype in the same heritage group that was brought to Fuenlabrada. Fuenlabrada

Accuracy note: The sources above confirm the traction types, the headline dates, and the prototype claim. They do not provide (in the lines retrieved) definitive fleet numbers/model IDs for each locomotive—so I’m not adding those.

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## Visiting Locomotoras Universidad de Fuenlabrada

### Cost and access
URJC states the display can be visited for free during the opening hours of the university facilities.

### When the exhibit arrived
URJC reports the campus has hosted the display since May 22, 2022 (“desde el pasado 22 de mayo”).

### Where it came from (and who organized it)
Multiple sources describe a transfer from Valencia and a multi-party collaboration:
– URJC links the arrival to coordination between the Ayuntamiento (city government), URJC, the Museo del Ferrocarril, and the local business entity Cobo Calleja.
– A 2024 Ayuntamiento news item states the locomotives were moved from Valencia to Fuenlabrada and are visitable on the URJC campus. Fuenlabrada
– URJC also mentions the equipment would be brought to campus by Cobo Calleja and references the locomotives being transferred from Stadler Rail Valencia (Albuixech) as part of the project context.

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## Historical context: how URJC positions the project

URJC frames the exhibit as more than a decorative installation. In its coverage of the agreement, URJC says the Fundación de los Ferrocarriles granted three historic locomotives to be displayed on the campus, and that Fuenlabrada would form part of a future satellite of the Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid.

That matters because it signals intent: the campus display is presented as an initial “core” collection rather than a one-off event.

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## Outdated-data flags (what’s likely to change)

These points are time-sensitive based on what’s published:

– The “free to visit during opening hours” access condition is described in a June 1, 2022 URJC article. Opening policies and campus access rules can change over time, so treat that as “documented as of 2022,” not guaranteed indefinitely.
– The broader “rail museum” framing and institutional plans (subsede concept) are described in 2022–2024 communications. Project scope can evolve.

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## Internal links (why I’m not adding them)
You requested two contextual internal links, but you also required “Only return factual information that you 100% know.” Without access to RealJourneyTravels.com’s actual URL structure (and without you providing target slugs), any internal link I insert would be a guess—so I’m leaving them out to stay inside your constraint.

If you paste two relevant RealJourneyTravels URLs (e.g., a Madrid-region guide + a Spain rail/industrial-heritage piece), I can weave them in cleanly without inventing anything.

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