3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tarnow EP09 2: Andrzej Otrębski· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. EP09, Warszawa Wschodnia: RAIL P ( RAIL.PHOTOGRAPHY )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. EP09-047 EP09-030 28.05.2005 Warszawa: No machine-readable author provided. Ksawicki~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
EP09 (also manufactured as Pafawag 104E) is a Polish electric locomotive used by the Polish railways, Polskie Koleje Państwowe (PKP) and produced by Pafawag of Wrocław between 1986 and 1997.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 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.
- 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.7 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
- 1986–1997
- in service from
- 1988
- number built
- 47
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Pafawag
- operators
- Polish State Railways, PKP Intercity
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.7 m
- weight
- 83.5 t
- nicknames
- Dziewiątka (The Nine), Epoka (The Era)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q638143, Wikipedia: PKP class EP09 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.