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JŽ 664 locomotive

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Đuro Đaković· from 1972· class of 85 Yugoslavian diesel locomotives (EMD G26)

JŽ 664 locomotive, photo 1 of 1
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what is it?

The JŽ 664 locomotives were a class of diesel locomotives operated by Yugoslav Railways. They are a GM-EMD export model of type EMD G26, subclass 664-0 was built by EMD, subclass 664-1 was built by Đuro Đaković from 1972 until 1984. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the locomotives were split.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 124 km/htop speed
  • power 1.6 MWpower output
  • weight 103 tin working order
  • built 84made in total

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 54 years ago, in 1972.
  • 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 16.9 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
1972–1984
in service from
1973
number built
84
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇨🇦 Canada
builders
Đuro Đaković, General Motors Diesel
operators
Yugoslav Railways
top speed
124 km/h
power
1.6 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Co-Co
length
16.9 m
weight
103 t

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

family

Sources: Wikidata Q6322379, Wikipedia: JŽ 664 locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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