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CFR Class 47
🇷🇴 Romania ·built by Electroputere· from 1965· class of electric locomotives in Romania
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 47-0004-3-Azuga-001: Original uploader was Dr2005 at ro.wikipedia· Public domain
- 2. CFR 477 498 at Sinaia: TrainSimFan· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The CFR Class 47 is a class of electric locomotives built for Romanian railway operators for use on the Romanian electrified network. They were originally built by Electroputere from 1965 to 1991 and designated as the CFR class 40 or 41. All Class 47 locomotives were modernized by Softronic from 2007.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 5.1 MW is about 60 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 1 years (2006–2007).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–2006
- in service from
- 2006
- retired
- 2007
- status
- retired
- number built
- 176
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- builders
- Electroputere
- operators
- Căile Ferate Române, CFR Marfă, Grup Feroviar Român, CFR Călători
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 5.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 19.5-27.5 kvolt, V 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.8 m
- weight
- 120 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18209472, Wikipedia: CFR Class 47 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.