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PKP class ST43
🇷🇴 Romania ·built by Electroputere· from 1965· class of 422 Polish diesel-electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ST43-21 WK13: Travelarz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Nádraží Meziměstí 10: Viktor Zerzán· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Rumun CTL LOGISTIC ST43-R006 stoi na stacji towarowej Poznań Franowo: Wolsztyn· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 16.11.94 Kamieniec Ząbkowicki ST43-43 (6483873673): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 2852viki Jaworzyna Śląska - skansen-muzeum kolejnictwa. Foto Barbara Maliszewska: Barbara Maliszewska· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- 6. 2863viki Jaworzyna Śląska - skansen-muzeum kolejnictwa. Foto Barbara Maliszewska: Barbara Maliszewska· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- 7. 2864viki Jaworzyna Śląska - skansen-muzeum kolejnictwa. Foto Barbara Maliszewska: Barbara Maliszewska· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- 8. 2865viki Jaworzyna Śląska - skansen-muzeum kolejnictwa. Foto Barbara Maliszewska: Barbara Maliszewska· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- 9. Mezim8: Vít Javůrek· Public domain
- 10. Chabówka (skansen kolejowy) - ST43-422: If you are willing to use this photo, please caption it as follows: author: Patryk Duszkiewicz /Wikimedia Commons ( CC-BY-SA-3.0 ) If you upload this photo to a website, please email me the address of· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
ST43 is the name for a Romanian diesel locomotive, produced by Electroputere, exported to and operating in Poland. It was made for the purpose of heavy transport.
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.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17 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
- 1965–1978
- in service from
- 1965
- number built
- 422
- kind
- Diesel-Electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- builders
- Electroputere
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 17 m
- weight
- 116 t
- nicknames
- Rumun (from their Romanian manufacture)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q896429, Wikipedia: PKP class ST43 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.