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#3841· PKP ST44

PKP class ST44

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Luhanskteplovoz· from 1965· class of 1182 Polish diesel locomotives derived from the Hungarian M62

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel preserved
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. 21.03.94 Tomaszów Mazowiecki ST44-133 (5931832534): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  2. 2. ST44-862 Lublin (34233557120): Adam Kilian· CC BY 2.0
  3. 3. 12.09.95 Ostrołęka MPD ST44-968 (6483876109): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  4. 4. 13.09.95 Suwałki depot SM42-171, ST44-399, ST44-??? and ST44-121 (50587376531): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. 5. 15.09.95 Czersk ST44-321 (6018216493): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 26.03.94 Gniezno Depot ST44-730 etc (14389697893): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  7. 7. ST44 1086. Piła Gł. w roku 1996: MOs810· CC BY 4.0
  8. 8. ST44 Stacja Muzeum, Warszawa (2024-07-20): RAIL P ( RAIL.PHOTOGRAPHY )· CC0
  9. 9. ST44 Warsaw: TwinBoo· CC BY 4.0
  10. 10. ST44, ZNTK Bydgoszcz, 1991: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
PKP class ST44, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0

what is it?

ST44 is a Polish class of Soviet standard and Russian gauge main freight diesel electric locomotives built between 1965 and 1981 for Polish State Railways and between 1977 and 1980 for Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line. They were built by Voroshilovgrad Locomotive Works in Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR. The locomotives were numbered 001 to 1113 and 2001 to 2068 for Broad Gauge, and one locomotive was numbered 1500 featuring better components. Most of the ST44 locomotives underwent some modernizations, mostly being Pesa rebuilding in total 108 examples (76 for PKP Cargo, 32 for PKP LHS designated M62Ks), in which added modifications to it, remaining only the body.

who runs it

Polish State RailwaysPKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • power 1.5 MWpower output
  • weight 117 tin working order
  • built 1,182made in total

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 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 17.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 56 years (1966–2022).

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1965–1981
in service from
1966
retired
2022
status
preserved
number built
1,182
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
builders
Luhanskteplovoz
operators
Polish State Railways, PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa
top speed
100 km/h
power
1.5 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Co'Co'
length
17.6 m
weight
117 t
nicknames
Gagarin, Gagar, Iwan
Dutch name
PKP ST44

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

family

↑ M62 locomotiveparent

Sources: Wikidata Q835246, Wikipedia: PKP class ST44 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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