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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 30.08.2018. ET22-063. Inowrocław: Akjam-Sen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. ET22-`1024: Pavecon· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. ET22-165 cut: Brill7· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. ET22-2000: *Ijon (Michał)· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. ET22-353-sosnowiec-1: No machine-readable author provided. Quentin~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 6. ET22-886 tarnowskie gory 20080405 001: Paweł Michalik· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. IMG 1418 ET22-310: Tomasz Górny ( Nemo5576· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 8. MOs810, WG 2015 16, Dolnoslaskie Zakamarki (ET22 636): MOs810· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Nowa Sól, Polskie Koleje Państwowe (PKP) ET22 Bo'Bo (SIK 03-036050): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter / SIK_03-036050 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Podlaskie - Wasilków - st. Wasilków - ET22-1133 - lok - 20110604: Krzysztof Kundzicz· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
ET22 (also manufactured as Pafawag 201E) is a Polish six-axle electric freight locomotive built by Pafawag from 1969 to 1989. Factory designation is 201E. With 1183 units, it is one of the most numerous standard gauge electric locomotive built in Europe. Further 23 units were built for Morocco as E-1000 class.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- 3 MW is about 35 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 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
- 1969–1989
- number built
- 1,183
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa
- builders
- Pafawag
- operators
- Polish State Railways, CTL Logistics, PKP Cargo, Rail Polska, Kopalnia Piasku Kuźnica Warężyńska, DB Schenker Rail Zabrze
- top speed
- 125 km/h
- power
- 3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 3000 V DC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 120 t
- nicknames
- Byk (The Bull)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q834782, Wikipedia: PKP class ET22 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.