The JŽ 664 locomotives were a class of diesel locomotives operated by
Yugoslav Railways
Yugoslav Railways ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslavenske željeznice/Jugoslovenske železnice, Југославенске жељезнице/Југословенске железнице; mk, Југословенски железници; sl, Jugoslovans ...
. They are an
GM-EMD
Progress Rail Locomotives, doing business as Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), is an American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives, locomotive products and diesel engines for the rail industry. The company is owned by Caterpillar through its sub ...
export model of type
EMD G26, subclass 664-0 was built by EMD, subclass 664-1 was built by
Đuro Đaković
Đuro Đaković (30 November 1886 – 25 April 1929) was a Yugoslav metal worker, communist and revolutionary. Đaković was the organizational secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, from April 1928 to April ...
from 1972
until 1984.
After the breakup of Yugoslavia the locomotives were split. The 664-0 subclass were split between Croatia as
HŽ series 2062 (60 units), and Serbia (5 units); the 664-1 subclass were transferred to the Slovenian Railways (as
SŽ series 664), 20 units.
[, list of ex-Yugoslav locomotives]
See also
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Krajina Express
The Krajina Express ( sr, Крајина експрес) was an improvised armored train used by the Krajina Serb army during the Croatian War of Independence and the Bosnian War, from 1991 to 1995.
The main battle in which the train became invol ...
,
armoured train
An armoured train is a railway train protected with armour. Armoured trains usually include railway wagons armed with artillery, machine guns and autocannons. Some also had slits used to fire small arms from the inside of the train, a facili ...
of Krajina Serbs utilised locomotive number JŽ 664 013 (now HŽ 2062 055) during the
Croatian War of Independence.
References
Diesel-electric locomotives of Yugoslavia
Đuro Đaković (company)
Electro-Motive Division locomotives
Standard gauge locomotives of Serbia
Standard gauge locomotives of Yugoslavia
Diesel-electric locomotives of Serbia
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