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In service:
1982 - 1998
Era:
IV - V
Built by:
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):
no

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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Latest update on the 5th of September 2020 at 10:40

Contributor(s): Tudor C.

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