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A-551

Also known as:

LDE4000-OSECraiova

Vehicle type:

Diesel locomotive

Registration country:

Greece

Railway companies:

OSE - Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων Ελλάδος

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In service:

1982 - 1998

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):

345,0 kN*
*starting
212,2 kN*
*continuous

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

1'100 mm*
*new

Maximum speed (km/h):

145 km/h

Braking system (vacuum brakes / air brakes / electropneumatic brakes / electronically controlled pneumatic brakes / electric brakes - tread (clasp) brakes / axle-mounted disk brakes / wheel-mounted disk brakes / dynamic brakes / regenerative brakes / rail brakes):

Knorr KE I CSL (electrodynamic)

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

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1982

Very similar to LDE4000-RO locomotives built for the Romanian Railways (CFR) and registered as Class 71, 10x units are delivered by Electroputere Craiova in 1982.

These units are registered A-551 - A-560.

Sources: https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Μηχανή_σειράς_A.551_ΟΣΕ_(LDE_4000_HP), http://www.locopage.net/ose-craiova.htm, http://www.transira.ro/bb3/viewtopic.php?t=2507

1998

All 10x units are decommissioned by the end of 1998.

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