The ÖBB Class 1043 is a class of

thyristor A thyristor (, from a combination of Greek language ''θύρα'', meaning "door" or "valve", and ''transistor'' ) is a solid-state semiconductor device which can be thought of as being a highly robust and switchable diode, allowing the passage ...

-controlled universal

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s operated initially by

ÖBB The Austrian Federal Railways ( , formally or () and formerly the or ''BBÖ'' ), now commonly known as ÖBB (), is the national railway company of Austria, and the administrator of Liechtenstein's railways. The ÖBB group i ...

. The ten members of the class were derived from the Class Rc operated by the

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(SJ). The locomotives were the first in Austria to use thyristors. After successful test runs on the Semmering and

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mountain railway lines, the first four members of the class built by

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 ...

entered service with the ÖBB in 1971 and in the beginning of 1972, and the remaining six followed after a short delay while other Rc2 were manufactured in 1973. The engines were used for passenger and freights services, mainly in the Austrian

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regions. One member of the class (''1043.005'') was subsequently withdrawn from service in 1999, due to irreparable accident damage. Tagab rc2 hallsberg

The remaining nine units were sold in 2001 to

TÅGAB TÅGAB (Tågåkeriet i Bergslagen AB) is a Swedish railway company with headquarters in Kristinehamn. It was started in 1994 and runs trains in both Sweden and Norway. In 1999, two locomotives (of type SJ T43 and TMY) from the company were pain ...

and returned to Sweden as ''Tågab Rc2''. The first three engines were purchased by the

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(''Banverket ELL 0001R–0003R'', today

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) by 2004; ''Tågab Rc2 004'' was removed from service after a fire in 2008.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:OBB Class 1043 ASEA locomotives Austrian Federal Railways electric locomotives Bo′Bo′ electric locomotives 15 kV AC locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1971 Standard-gauge locomotives of Austria

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