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EP10
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant· from 1998· class of 12 Russian electric locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Elektrovoz EP10-001 in Moscow: Зимин Василий· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Premium (Russian Train): User:Pretenderrs· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. EP10-002: Вадим Анохин· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. EP10-004-Kievskaya: Белов А.В.· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EP10 (Russian: ЭП10) is a type of dual voltage six axle electric locomotive built for Russian Railways (RŽD) by NEVZ in association with Adtranz/Bombardier for passenger use. The design was considered costly, and only 12 units were acquired.
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 28 years ago, in 1998.
- 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.
- 7.2 MW is about 85 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 23 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1998–2006
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant, Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Russian Railways
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 7.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- 3 kV DC/ Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo-Bo
- length
- 22.5 m
- weight
- 135 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q722478, Wikipedia: EP10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.