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PKP class EU06
🇵🇱 Poland ·built by English Electric· from 1962· class of 20 Polish electric locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Eu06-01: Andrzej Cikowski· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. EU06-12 locomotive at Trzebinia 8 April 08: Lee Barrass· CC BY 3.0
- 3. EU06-17-GdyniaGl: Krzysztof Maria Różański, ( Upior polnocy )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Eu061d: Augiasz· CC BY 2.5
- 5. Lokomotywa EU06 Poznań Główny: Travelarz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Tarnow EU06 1: Andrzej Otrębski· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
EU06 (also manufactured as AEI E) is a class of electric locomotives in service with the Polish state railway PKP.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 64 years.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- status
- in service
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- English Electric, Vulcan Foundry
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 126 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3000 v DC overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.6 m
- nicknames
- Anglik ("The Englishman")
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q835209, Wikipedia: PKP class EU06 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.