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JŽ series 441

🇷🇸 Yugoslavia ·built by ASEA· from 1968· class of Yugoslavian electric locomotives

JŽ series 441, photo 1 of 7
1/7 Milan Suvajac· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The JŽ series 441 is an electric locomotive built for Yugoslav Railways.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 140 km/htop speed
  • weight 80 tin working order
  • built 285made in total

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 58 years ago, in 1968.
  • Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 15.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built
1968–1987
in service from
1968
number built
285
kind
Electric
traction
electric
origin
🇷🇸 Yugoslavia
builders
ASEA, Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron, Simmering-Graz-Pauker, KONČAR – Elektroindustrija d.d., Đuro Đaković, Electroputere, TŽV Gredelj, 50 c/s Group
designer
ASEA
operators
Yugoslav Railways
top speed
140 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′
length
15.5 m
weight
80 t
nicknames
ASEA

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q1058042, Wikipedia: JŽ series 441 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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