PKP class EP08

what is it?

EP08 (also manufactured as Pafawag 102E) is the name for a Polish electric locomotive used by the Polish railway operator Polskie Koleje Państwowe (PKP), produced between 1972 and 1976 in Pafawag, Wrocław. The construction is based on the EU07 locomotive.

who runs it

Polish State Railways

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• power 2 MWpower output
• weight 80 tin working order
• built 15made 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 54 years ago, in 1972.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏15.9 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

1972–1976

in service from

1972

number built

15

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

builders

Pafawag

operators

Polish State Railways

top speed

140 km/h

power

2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

3000 V DC Catenary

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′

length

15.9 m

weight

80 t

nicknames

Świnia (the Pig)

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