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what is it?
PKP class EM10 is a class of Polish electric locomotives used by the Polish railway operator Polskie Koleje Państwowe (PKP). They were built for shunting purposes.
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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- 960 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1990–1991
- retired
- 2021
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- H. Cegielski – Poznań
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 960 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 16.3 m
- weight
- 72 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1227458, Wikipedia: PKP class EM10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.