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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EP1-118: Original uploader was Zimin.V.G. (Зимин Василий Геннадиевич) at ru.wikipedia· CC BY 1.0
- 2. EP1-008 with train: Maxim Dmitriev· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. EP1P-010 EP1-019: Vivan755· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. RZD EP1-044 2022-05 Murmansk: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 5. RZD EP1-052 2022-05 Belomorsk, train to Murmansk: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 6. RZD EP1-052 Murmansk line: Svetlov Artem· CC0
- 7. EP1-089+210 with train, Syzran-City station: Dmitriy_M· CC BY 3.0
- 8. RZD EP1-142, Meget, Transsib line (31712546653): Artem Svetlov from Moscow, Russia· CC BY 2.0
- 9. EP1-175 Irkutsk, Transsib line (31907832133): Artem Svetlov from Moscow, Russia· CC BY 2.0
- 10. EP1-194 and EP1M-736: Denzel Washington· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
Electric locomotive EP1 is a Russian electric locomotive which has been produced by Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant since 1998. It is the first Russian passenger electric locomotive with the 2o-2o-2o or Bo-Bo-Bo axle arrangement. There are, as of December 2016, 866 of these locomotives.
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 28 years ago, in 1998.
- Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 22.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1998–2010
- in service from
- 1999
- number built
- 908
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Transmashholding, Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant
- operators
- Russian Railways
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- length
- 22.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4529459, Wikipedia: EP1 (electric locomotive) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.