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Technical specifications

The railroad had a pretty flat profile, but it had quite a few curves, though they had a very small radius. Because of that, the width of choice was 750 mm. That helped with the construction of the curves it had, to the point of offering 80 meters for the curve radius.

The route had 82 curves, 38 leading to the right and 44 to the left. The route actually had a 36% curve rate, meaning that the 36% of the time, one would be running on curves.

The road was a Vignole type having 16 Kg/m, with 7,60 meter bars, and it was bought on Caramin & Cie on Belgium

With the years the road received small damage once in a while, being repaired on a very singular way. The most degraded roads went throught the secondary lanes of the station.

There were 62 total road switches, being Gerona with 11 and Sant Feliu with 19, the ones with the more switches on them.

The roads had wooden boards, and it only had different kinds on the curves that had the least radius, that meaning that the frequency in which they put the boards would depend on the shape of the curve. A closest curve would have far more board frequency than flat routes.

 

The route had ramps under the 10 mil. mark, (14%), 15 mil. (11% of the total route) and a 5% that were superior to 15 mil.

The strongest ramp would be the one that connected the Quart station with the Lambilles one, and it was near the 19 mil.

Electronic signals or simple ones were nearly non-existant in this route. The Gerona station had the most advanced train controller signal, leaving the other stations with a slightly least advanced train controlling signals.

The kilometric signals were done with preselected stones that had 20 cm in width and 15 cm in hectometrical measure.

The harbor module was a very important point. It had a 25 mil. ramp and it used thicker rails (21 kg/m), so it supported the new operative diessel locomotives, with them being used to launch the convoys from the Sant Feliu station to the harbor.

Stops and stations

Girona (E)
It was always a provisional station, and it was used as a train storage station on its last years of service.

La Creueta (B)
A stop with two rails and a module that served a near agriculture industry building.

Quart (E)
A station that had three rails, one of them being extended for storage purposes.

Llambilles (B)
A stop located on the left side and leading to SF.

Llebrérs (B)
A very humble stop that had no buildings at all.

Cassà de la Selva (E)
A station with 5 rails, two of them with an extension leading to a covered harbor.

Esclet (B)
Another small stop just like Llebrers.

 

Llagostera (E)
A 5 rails station that had a water tank.

Font Picant (B)
A 3 rails stop, with one of them being extended. A restaurant was built besides the station.

Santa Cristina (E)
Santa Cristina had 3 rails, with one extension for service purposes.

Castell d'Aro (E)
A station with 3 rails, a water tank and a extended rail for service purposes.

S'agaró (B)
A stop that started its service on the early fifties. It was covered.

Sant Feliu de Guíxols (E)
The main station. It had both high and low velocity and a complete storage structure.

Port de Sant Feliu
Being at the end of the route, it had 3 rails and a storage area.

Structure

Due to it being an economical railroad, its route had barely 5 significant bridges and no tunnels to help avoid expensive operations and buildings.

The Onyar river bridge
A 80 meters long bridge (the longest one), on the 4,189 km mark. It had 7 pilars and eight 10 meter divisions.

The Bugantó river bridge
Metallic bridge measuring 30 meters long, on the 9,957 km mark. It had 3 divisions with 10 meters on each one and 2 pilars.

The Verneda river bridge
A metallic bridge on the 16,326 km mark, and 20 meters long. IT had two 10 meter divisions and a single pilar. This bridge was the one damaged by the Republicans on their way back from the war.

The Ridaura river bridge
A 40 meter long metallic bridge at the 25,725 km mark into the route. Due to the river's increased course, the centric pilars had to be replaced for more pilars to put under the sides of the bridge.

The Salenys river bridge
A small bridge made of stone with 3 arcs, on the 28,309 km mark of the route.

Road

Road switches, configuration and profiles.

Schedules

Scheduling service boards and combinations with the M.Z.A. main convoy.

Statitsics

Total passengers, harbor transit and total comercial transit.

Economical data

Total budget, benefits of the explotation, corresponding divisions and official government helping.

Organization

The company organized graphic, working conditions and working organizations.

References

Gathering of books and adds regarding the total SFG route, or even small portions of it.

Technic documentation

Rules and projects, and additional documentation coming in books to help its organization.

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