#4478
OSE class A.551
🇷🇴 Romania ·built by Electroputere· from 1982· class of 10 Greek diesel-electric locomotives
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- 1. A560 OSE: Skataole· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
OSE class A.551 (also known as LDE 4000 HP) was a class of diesel locomotives, which were used to be a part of Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE)'s rolling stock. It was built in 1982 by Electroputere in Craiova, Romania, by OSE's order. It was usually coupled with a heating coach, for the train's heating needs.
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 44 years ago, in 1982.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1982
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- builders
- Electroputere
- operators
- Hellenic Railways Organisation
- top speed
- 145 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q48304982, Wikipedia: OSE class A.551 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.