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HCP EL.200

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by H. Cegielski – Poznań· from 1937· series of four electric locomotives manufactured in Poznań in 1937

HCP EL.200, photo 1 of 1
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what is it?

EL.200 was a series of four electric locomotives manufactured at the H. Cegielski factory in Poznań in 1937 for Polish State Railways. All the locomotives were assigned to serve the Warsaw Railway Junction. Three of the locomotives were destroyed in September 1939, and the fourth operated until 1944.

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed

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 89 years ago, in 1937.
  • 13.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built
1937
number built
—
kind
electric
traction
electric
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
builders
H. Cegielski – Poznań
top speed
100 km/h
power
—
wheel arrangement
Bo'Bo'
length
13.6 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q15149669, Wikipedia: HCP EL.200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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