EP200

what is it?

The EP200 (Russian: ЭП200) passenger AC electric locomotive has 8,000 kilowatts (10,730 hp) of power and design speed of up to 200 kilometres per hour (120 mph). The underframe with two unique four-axle wheel trucks coupled with support - frame suspension of commutator-less motors and traction gear boxes (two-level bogie swing suspension with cylindrical spiral springs and hydraulic oscillation dampers) ensure high riding properties and dynamic characteristics of the EP200 Passenger Electric Locomotive.

base stats

• power 8 MWpower output
• weight 180 tin working order

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 30 years ago, in 1996.
• 🚗8 MW is about 94 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

1996

number built

—

kind

Electric

traction

electric

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

builders

Transmashholding

top speed

—

power

8 MW

gauge

1,520 mm Russian broad gauge

electric system

Catenary

wheel arrangement

B+B-B+B

weight

180 t

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