what is it?
The JŽ Series 662, manufactured by Đuro Đaković, and nicknamed Nada (Serbo-Croatian for Hope; also a female first name) was the first diesel-electric locomotive produced in SFR Yugoslavia. The locomotive was used for traffic in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia until 2006.
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 59 years ago, in 1967.
- 608 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1967
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇭🇷 Croatia
- builders
- Đuro Đaković
- top speed
- —
- power
- 608 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16958664, Wikipedia: JŽ Series 662 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.