TCDD E52500 is a series of
electric locomotives used by the
Turkish State Railways, comprising 22
class 441-9 locomotives leased from
Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine
Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine''Željeznice'' stands for "railways" (ŽFBiH) is the railway company of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the two rail companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the other is the ŽRS, ope ...
in
Bosnia-Herzegovina
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. They are used throughout the electrified parts of the Turkish rail network. The locomotives have a power output of 3,860 kW and are capable of 120, 140 or 160 km/h speed depending on the version.
The locomotives were originally built from 1967 onwards for
Yugoslav Railways
Yugoslav Railways ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslavenske željeznice/Jugoslovenske železnice, Југославенске жељезнице/Југословенске железнице; mk, Југословенски железници; sl, Jugoslovans ...
by
ASEA of
Sweden
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and
Končar in
Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia. They were based on ASEA's
Rb design for
Swedish Railways
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.
The first fifteen locomotives were delivered to TCDD in 1998, followed by five more in 1999 and two in 2004 and 2005 respectively. They have been modernised by having the
diode
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A diode ...
s replaced with
thyristor rectifiers, making them similar to the
Rc, the thyristor-based successor to the Rb.
Two units were scrapped after the
Tavşancıl accident in 2004. The two replacement units delivered in 2004-05 have higher top speeds that the other units, who could only run at 140 km/h.
These locomotives were withdrawn from TCDD on April 3, 2011 upon finish of the lease contract. The last 8 sets were taken out from the fleet in 2014.
References
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Trains of Turkey on E52500
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ASEA locomotives
Bo-Bo locomotives
Electric locomotives of Turkey
25 kV AC locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1967
Standard gauge locomotives of Turkey