Source: Andrei Berinde - facebook.com
Source: trenuletz.forumz.ro
Source: trenuletz.forumz.ro
Source: Andrei Berinde - locopage.net
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Vehicle type:
Registration country:
Railway companies:
- Electroputere Craiova
- UCM - Resita Machine Building Plant*
*in charge of building the ALCo 251R / V16 diesel engine, under licence from the American Locomotive Company (USA)
*fuel tank 65% full
*fuel tank 65% full
*built in Romania, at UCM Resita, under licence from the American Locomotive Company (USA)
3'955 hp
*starting
212,2 kN*
*continuous
*new
1976
Some parts of the design (in particular the truss body structure and bogies) are alleged to be derived from the Brush locomotives built for British Rail (BR) as their Class 56, the original batch of which are built by Electroputere Craiova during the same period.
A total of 7x locomotives from this series are delivered by Electroputere Craiova, as follows:
- 1976: 1x unit registered as 71-0001-9;
- 1978: 4x units registered as 71-0004-3, 71-0005-0, 71-0006-8 and 71-0018-3 (unit 71-0017-5 is finally delivered as 70-0017-7);
- 1979: 1x unit registered as 71-0024-1;
- 1980: 1x units registered as 71-0031-6.
28x additional units configured for freight operations are delivered and registered as Class 70.
NB: In 1982, 10x additional units are exported to Greece, for the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE), where they are registered as Class A-551.
Sources: https://trenuletz.forumz.ro/t244p120-locomotive-clasa-66-67-70-71-si-64, http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/romania/romania_cfr_del.html, http://www.locopage.net/cfr-alcos.htm, http://www.transira.ro/bb3/viewtopic.php?t=2507
1995
Sources: http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/romania/romania_cfr_del.html
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