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TCDD E 52500
🇷🇸 Yugoslavia ·built by KONČAR – Elektroindustrija d.d.· from 1967· class of electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TCDD E52522 at Hyderpasa: Alasdair McLellan· Public domain
what is it?
TCDD E52500 is a series of electric locomotives used by the Turkish State Railways, comprising 22 HŽ series 1141 locomotives leased from Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine in Bosnia-Herzegovina. They are used throughout the electrified parts of the Turkish rail network. The locomotives have a power output of 3,860 kW and are capable of 120, 140 or 160 km/h speed depending on the version.
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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 3.9 MW is about 45 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 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
- 1967–1998
- number built
- 22
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇸 Yugoslavia
- builders
- KONČAR – Elektroindustrija d.d.
- designer
- ASEA
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 3.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 82 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1315707, Wikipedia: TCDD E 52500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.