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- 1. HŽ 2042: Crta· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
Series 2042 is a diesel locomotive series on Croatian Railways (Croatian: hrvatske željeznice, HŽ). This series is not substantively different from the series 2041, except that they have a stronger engine. With the upgrade in motor, this locomotives changed the traction behavior.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 750 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962–1967
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- builders
- Đuro Đaković, Brissonneau et Lotz
- operators
- Croatian Railways, Yugoslav Railways, Slovenske železnice
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 750 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.7 m
- weight
- 67.2 t
- nicknames
- Đuran
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1058056, Wikipedia: HŽ series 2042 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.