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- 1. HŽ 2044 020 u Splitu: Kobaz7121· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. HŽ 2044 017: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Electro-Motive Division GT22HW-2 is a custom designed EMD A1A-A1A diesel-electric locomotive built by Đuro Đaković for Yugoslavia. Mainly used for passenger service, the reliability of these locomotives made this model a success even after the breakup of Yugoslavia. Designated as the Series 645 in the Yugoslav Railways, these locomotives were later known as the Series 2044 in the Croatian Railways after 1991.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1981–1984
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- builders
- Đuro Đaković
- operators
- Croatian Railways
- top speed
- 124 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (A1A)' (A1A)'
- length
- 17 m
- weight
- 97.5 t
- nicknames
- "Karavela", "Mala Karavela"
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q747005, Wikipedia: EMD GT22HW-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.