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JŽ series 611
🇷🇸 Yugoslavia ·built by TŽV Gredelj· from 1965· class of 3 Yugoslavian 5-car diesel multiple units
what is it?
The JŽ series 611 is a historic vehicle of Yugoslav Railways. It was a diesel-electric multiple unit made from aluminium alloy. It was nicknamed the "Aluminium train".
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 82.1 m long: about 18 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 9 years (1965–1974).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 1974
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇸 Yugoslavia
- builders
- TŽV Gredelj
- operators
- Yugoslav Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'+2'2'+2'2'+Bo'Bo'
- length
- 82.1 m
- weight
- 128 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6322386, Wikipedia: JŽ series 611 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.