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- 1. Ep 02: Hiuppo· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
EP02 (also manufactured as Pafawag 1E) is a name for a Polish electric locomotive. It was made for passenger transport 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 73 years ago, in 1953.
- 1.7 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15 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
- 1953–1957
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Pafawag
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 15 m
- weight
- 81 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q720405, Wikipedia: PKP class EP02 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.