7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Электровоз ДЭ1-033: AeroSSC· Public domain
- 2. De1-006: Original uploader was Eagle755 (Варгатый Иван) at ru.wikipedia· CC BY 1.0
- 3. De1-mash: Original uploader was Eagle755 (Варгатый Иван) at ru.wikipedia· CC BY 2.5
- 4. DE1 is a Ukrainian series of DC electric locomotives 01: Novoklimov· CC BY 4.0
- 5. DE1 is a Ukrainian series of DC electric locomotives 02: Novoklimov· CC BY 4.0
- 6. DE1 is a Ukrainian series of DC electric locomotives 03: Novoklimov· CC BY 4.0
- 7. De1-019: Original uploader was Eagle755 (Варгатый Иван) at ru.wikipedia· CC BY 2.5
what is it?
DE1 is a Ukrainian series of DC electric locomotives. It is the first electric locomotive developed by Ukraine since the end of the Soviet Union. The DE1 was produced for service in the Near-Dnieper and the Donets Basin regional divisions of the Ukrainian Railways.
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1995–2008
- number built
- 40
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- builders
- Dnipropetrovsk research-
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2(2О - 2О)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q751852, Wikipedia: DE1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.