Newag Griffin is a series of Polish four-axle
electric
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and
diesel
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* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
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locomotives for working
passenger
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and
goods
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trains, produced by
Newag
Newag S.A. ronounced: nevagis a Polish company, based in Nowy Sącz, specialising in the production, maintenance, and modernisation of railway rolling stock. The company's products include the 14WE, 19WE, 35WE types electric multiple units; it ...
in
Nowy Sącz
Nowy Sącz (; hu, Újszandec; yi, Tzanz, צאַנז; sk, Nový Sonč; german: Neu-Sandez) is a city in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County as a separate administrative unit. It has ...
from 2012. The first version, the E4MSU is a mixed-traffic multi-system electric locomotive.
History
Origin
In September 2010, the Newag
Gliwice
Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional cap ...
company in
Poland
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began works on the universal electric locomotive platform ''Elephant''. The series originally was planned to consist of two versions:
*E4ACU a mixed-traffic locomotive with a maximum speed of 140 km/h for regional passenger transportation and cargo.
*E4ACP a passenger locomotive with a maximum speed of 200 km/h.
The four-axle locomotives were to supplement the company's offer, and their multi-system capability would allow them to work international traffic and traffic in other European countries.
In January 2011, the project works by the company EC Engineering aimed to produce four versions of the locomotive:
*E4DCU – a mixed-traffic 3 kV DC locomotive with a maximum speed of 160 km/h.
*E4DCP – a passenger 3 kV DC locomotive with a maximum speed of 200 km/h.
*E4MSU – a mixed-traffic multi-system (3 kV DC, 15 kV AC and 25 kV AC) locomotive with a maximum speed of 160 km/h.
*E4MSP – a passenger multi-system (3 kV DC, 15 kV AC and 25 kV AC) locomotive with a maximum speed of 200 km/h.
Newag
Newag S.A. ronounced: nevagis a Polish company, based in Nowy Sącz, specialising in the production, maintenance, and modernisation of railway rolling stock. The company's products include the 14WE, 19WE, 35WE types electric multiple units; it ...
planned to produce the E4MSU version first. It was to be tested in the third quarter of 2012.
In March 2011 the works on the mixed-traffic version were in their final stages and the official presentation of the locomotive was planned for the autumn 2011 during the Trako Trade Fair in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
. The presentation did not eventuate as the project works were still in progress and it was pushed back to 2012.
Production and tests
![TRAKO 2013 w Gdańsku – E4MSU–001 Newag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/TRAKO_2013_w_Gda%C5%84sku_%E2%80%93_E4MSU%E2%80%93001_Newag.JPG)
The E4MSU locomotive was unveiled on 18 September 2012 at the InnoTrans Trade Fair in
Berlin
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. At the end of April 2013 the locomotive was transported to the Railway Institute's test track near
Żmigród
Żmigród (german: Trachenberg) is a town in Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Żmigród.
Geography
The town lies in the historic Lower Sile ...
where the testing on the locomotive began. On 16 May 2013 the locomotive together with two carriages began being used by PKP Intercity in Nowy Sacz, and in the following days the locomotive was tested at the
Olsztyn
Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini''
* Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...
–
Nidzica
Nidzica (former pl, Nibork; ) (Old Prussian: Nīdaspils) is a town in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship of Poland, lying between Olsztyn and Mława, in Masuria. The capital of Nidzica County, it had a population in 2017 of 13,872.
History
Th ...
railway line (where the turning of the locomotive was tested). The locomotive returned to the south of the country, where at the beginning of June 2013 had passed the static tests at the Kraków Railway Institute, then the locomotive was sent to
Żmigród
Żmigród (german: Trachenberg) is a town in Trzebnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Żmigród.
Geography
The town lies in the historic Lower Sile ...
. Between 18 and 31 July 2013
PKP Cargo
PKP Cargo () is a logistics operator and a part of the PKP Group in Poland. It is the largest railway freight carrier in Poland and second largest in the European Union. PKP Cargo is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The company's largest shar ...
conducted a driving test which is necessary to obtain a certificate for the locomotive. On 28 May 2014 Newag signed a contract with
Đuro Đaković Specijalna Vozila for the joint construction of the electric locomotive E4ACU type, which included technology transfer and exchange of know-how in the area of the production of electric locomotives.
Deliveries
Construction
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Driver's cab
![E4MSU-001 Griffin kabina(1) Trako13](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/E4MSU-001_Griffin_kabina%281%29_Trako13.jpg)
The driver's cab can accommodate two drivers. Each cab is equipped with two independent panels that display the drive parameters, a diagnostics module and event recorder with a speedometer function, a two-module climate control system and rear-view mirrors with a monitor for four cameras. The cabin is in accordance with the EN 1527 standard.
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Standard gauge locomotives of Poland
Electric locomotives of Poland
Diesel locomotives of Poland
Railway locomotives introduced in 2012