ChME3

what is it?

The ČKD ČME3 is a six-axle diesel–electric locomotive built by ČKD. The class was used primarily for shunting and mainline duties. With over 8,000 produced during a production run of 31 years, it is one of the most produced locomotives in the world. Units have been operated by Russia and Belarus (as class ЧМЭ3, transliteration ChME3), as well as Ukraine (ЧМЕ3) and other ex-Soviet bloc countries, in Czechoslovakia (as class T669.0, T669.1 and T669.5, later as ŽSR 770 and ČD 770 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic), on industrial railways in Poland (S200), in Albania (HSH T669.1), Iraq (DES 3101), Syria (LDE 1500) and in India (DEC 120).

base stats

• speed 95 km/htop speed
• power 1 MWpower output
• weight 126 tin working order
• built 8,200made 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 63 years ago, in 1963.
• 🚗1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏17.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1963–1994

in service from

1963

number built

8,200

kind

Diesel–electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

builders

ČKD

top speed

95 km/h

power

1 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Co'Co'

length

17.2 m

weight

126 t

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