what is it?
The single locomotive designated JŽ 341 is a curiosity. It was originally designed for hauling freight and passenger-trains on the then new mountain part of the electrified Rijeka mainline. When it was found out, that the axle load was high (20 t or 19.7 long tons or 22.0 short tons), further orders were cancelled.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 71 years ago, in 1955.
- 1.4 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 25 years (1955–1980).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1980
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Yugoslav Railways
- top speed
- 95 km/h
- power
- 1.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3,000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 16 m
- weight
- 80 t
- nicknames
- "Marijana"
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6322382, Wikipedia: JŽ series 341 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.