CFR Class TEA

what is it?

The CFR Class TEA (also known as Class 55/56/57) was a small series of electric multiple units manufactured in Romania from 1974 to 1986 for Căile Ferate Române. Due to its rarity, not much is known about this trainset, albeit a technical sheet designed for potential export does exist online. They were built by Electroputere Craiova (electric equipment) and Întreprinderea de Vagoane Arad (IVA) (railway cars) with the help of the Technological Institute of Research and Designing of Transports (ICPTT) from Bucharest.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• power 2.9 MWpower output
• weight 224 tin working order
• seats 336passengers
• built 8made 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 51 years ago, in 1975.
• 🚗2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 37 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏98 m long: about 22 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 336: 7 full city buses (~50 seats each).
• ⌛Served for 28 years (1975–2003).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1975

in service from

1975

retired

2003

status

retired

number built

8

kind

multiple unit

traction

electric

origin

🇷🇴 Romania

builders

Electroputere, Astra Arad, Škoda Electric

designer

Technological Institute of Research and Designing of Transports (ICPTT) Bucharest

operators

Căile Ferate Române

top speed

120 km/h

power

2.9 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

25 kV AC

wheel arrangement

Bo-Bo (on all carriages)

formation

4 motor cars and 2 trailer cars in the middle

length

98 m

weight

224 t

capacity

336 passengers

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