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Class 70

Also known as: 060-DD / Didina / LDE4000-RO

Vehicle type: Diesel locomotive

Registration country: Romania

Railway companies: CFR - Caile Ferate Române

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In service:

1977 - 1995

Era:

IV - V

Built by:

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)

Gauge:

Standard gauge (1'435 mm)

Wheel arrangement:

Co'Co'

Length over buffers (mm):

20'200 mm

Width (mm):

3'100 mm

Height (mm | over lowered pantograph):

4'438 mm

Tare weight (t):

117 t

Service weight (t):

123 t*
*fuel tank 65% full

Axle load (t):

20,5 t*
*fuel tank 65% full

Engine:

ALCo 251R / V16*
*built in Romania, at UCM Resita, under licence from the American Locomotive Company (USA)

Power output (x'xxx kW / x'xxx hp):

2'911 kW
3'955 hp

Tractive effort (kN / lbf | starting / continuous):

402,0 kN

Wheel diameter (x'xxx,xx | mm | new / worn):

1'100 mm*
*new

Maximum speed (km/h):

120 km/h

Electric Train Heating (ETH) (yes / no - electric radiators / modulated air):

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1977

These diesel locomotives are powered by an ALCo 251R / V16 diesel engine, built at UCM Resita (Romania) under licence from the American Locomotive Company (USA), developing almost 4000 hp.

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 28x locomotives from this series are delivered by Electroputere Craiova, as follows:
- 1977: 2x units registered as 70-0002-9 and 70-0003-7;
- 1978: 11x units registered as 70-0007-8, 70-0008-6, 70-0009-4, 70-0010-2, 70-0011-0, 70-0012-8, 70-0013-6, 70-0014-4, 70-0015-1, 70-0016-9 and 70-0017-7;
- 1979: 10x units registered as 70-0019-3, 70-0020-1, 70-0021-9, 70-0022-7, 70-0023-5, 70-0025-0, 70-0026-8, 70-0027-6, 70-0028-4 and 70-0029-2;
- 1980: 4x units registered as 70-0030-0, 70-0032-6, 70-0033-4 and 70-0034-2;
- 1981: 1x unit registered as 70-0035-9.

7x additional units configured for passenger operations are delivered and registered as Class 71.

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

1994

Unit 70-0035-9 is converted to an electric locomotive at Electroputere Craiova (Romania) and is registered as Class 50, number 50-0001-3.

Sources: https://trenuletz.forumz.ro/t244p120-locomotive-clasa-66-67-70-71-si-64

1995

All units are withdrawn from regular service by the end of 1995.

Sources: http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/romania/romania_cfr_del.html

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