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#4133· HŽ type 7021

HŽ series 7021

🇫🇷 France ·built by Brissonneau et Lotz· from 1972

HŽ series 7021, photo 1 of 2
1/2 Zoran C.· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

7021 series was a diesel-motor train on Yugoslav and later Croatian Railways built by French manufacturer Brissonneau and Lotz for Yugoslavia.

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 680 kWpower output
  • weight 233 tin working order
  • built 6made 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 54 years ago, in 1972.
  • 680 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 39 African elephants (~6 t each).

carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.

spec sheet

built
1972
in service from
1972
number built
6
kind
carriage / wagon
traction
steam
origin
🇫🇷 France
builders
Brissonneau et Lotz
top speed
120 km/h
power
680 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo′Bo′+2′2′+2′2′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′
formation
5-car sets (M+P+PB+P+M)
weight
233 t
Dutch name
HŽ type 7021

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

Sources: Wikidata Q1058076, Wikipedia: HŽ series 7021 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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