PKP class EP05

what is it?

The EP05 (also manufactured as ZNTKiM Gdańsk 44E) is a Polish modification of Czech electric locomotive EU05 used by Polish railway operator (PKP).

who runs it

Polish State Railways

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• power 2 MWpower output
• weight 82.5 tin working order
• built 27made 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

• 🏎️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 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏16.1 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

—

number built

27

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

builders

Škoda Works

operators

Polish State Railways

top speed

160 km/h

power

2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

3,000 V DC Catenary

wheel arrangement

Bo′Bo′

length

16.1 m

weight

82.5 t

nicknames

Piątka, Czesio

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