CP Class 1550

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{{Infobox locomotive

| name = Class 1550

| image = CP 1550 Series locomotive in Tunes Train Station, Portugal - 20080416.jpg

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| caption = Locomotive 1569 at Tunes railway station in 2008

| powertype = Diesel-electric

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| builder = Montreal Locomotive Works

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| buildmodel = MX 620

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| operator = Comboios de Portugal

| operatorclass = Série 1550

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| locale = Portugal

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| firstrundate = 1973

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The Série 1550 are a series of 19 diesel-electric locomotives built for the Portuguese Railways (CP). They entered service in 1973; they were built in Canada by the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW).{{cite web| url=http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87fcd60d8a675010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD| title=Série 1550| website=CP official website| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623120949/http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87fcd60d8a675010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD| archivedate=23 June 2009| url-status=dead}} The locomotives are MLW's type MX 620 design.

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