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JŽ Series 441
The JŽ series 441 is an electric locomotive built for Yugoslav Railways. The units are now used by Croatian Railways, Hrvatske željeznice (HŽ series 1141), Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, Railways of Republika Srpska, Željeznice Republike Srpske, Serbian Railways, Železnice Srbije and TPP Nikola Tesla, rail transport of TPP Nikola Tesla (ŽS 441), Macedonian Railways, Makedonski Železnici, Turkish State Railways and Căile Ferate Române, Romanian Railways-CFR. History This series is originally based on the license of the Swedish company ASEA and the SJ Rb locomotive from Sweden. It was produced in order to be used as a universal locomotive, for both passenger and freight traffic on mainline electrified routes. There was also a need to have a powerful electric locomotive to pull freight. Originally, it had diode voltage selector. A later, modernised series, the 3xx subseries, include thyristor voltage select ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASEA
''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'' ( English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company. History ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås as a manufacturer of electrical light and generators. After merging with Wenström's & Granström's Electrical Power Company (''Wenströms & Granströms Elektriska Kraftbolag'') the name was changed to ''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'', literally the "General Swedish Electrical Limited Company", or ''ASEA'' for short. In 1987, it announced a merger with the Swiss company Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) to form ABB. The merge took effect on 1 January 1988.ASEA-BBC merger ''Modern Railways'' issue 472 January 1988 page 34 After this merger, ABB acquired several companies, including the power transmission and distribution operations of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and the Combustion Engineering Group. *1889 – the partner J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
