The JŽ series 441 is an

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built for

Yugoslav Railways Yugoslav Railways (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенске железнице, Jugoslovenske železnice, separator=" / "; ; ), with standard acronym ( in Cyrillic), was the state railway company of Yugoslavia, operational from the 1920s to t ...

. The units are now used by Hrvatske željeznice (HŽ series 1141),

Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine, Жељезнице Федерације Босне и Херцеговине; abbr. or ) is the railway company of the Federation of ...

Željeznice Republike Srpske Railways of Republika Srpska (; abbr. or ) is the railway company of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the two rail companies in the country (the other is the ŽFBH, operating in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

Železnice Srbije Serbian Railways ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Железнице Србије, Železnice Srbije, separator=" / "; abbr. / ) is a Serbian engineering and technical consulting company based in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2015, the Government of Serbia established ...

and rail transport of TPP Nikola Tesla (ŽS 441),

Makedonski Železnici Makedonski Železnici (MŽ; , "Macedonian Railways") was the public enterprise for railways in North Macedonia. In 2007 it was split into railway operation company Železnici na Republika Severna Makedonija Transport and the infrastructure compan ...

Turkish State Railways The State Railways of the Republic of Turkey (), abbreviated as TCDD, is a government-owned national railway company responsible for the ownership and maintenance of railways in Turkey, as well as the planning and construction of new lines. TCDD ...

and Romanian Railways-CFR.

History

This series is originally based on the license of the Swedish company

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 ...

and the

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locomotive from

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. It was produced in order to be used as a universal locomotive, for both

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and

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traffic on mainline electrified routes. There was also a need to have a powerful electric locomotive to pull freight. Originally, it had

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voltage selector. A later, modernised series, the 3xx subseries, include

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voltage selector, and an on-board computer. Later 3xx series have an onboard look-behind-camera for video surveillance of the sides and also new livery.

Voltage

This locomotive utilises 25 kV/50 Hz AC.

Gearing

Depending on subseries, 1xx, 2xx or 3xx, different members of this class have a top speed of or , depending on the gearing. The more common gearing is the (classes 0xx, 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx, 8xx) intended for freight and passenger trains, while the (classes 6xx and 7xx), intended for passenger services, was only installed in the final batch of series 441 locomotives (consisting of the 6xx and 7xx subseries). The models with higher maximum speed have lower tractive power and are used for passenger or light freight trains only, whereas the models with lower maximum speed have high tractive power and are thus able to pull heavy freight trains.

Variants

Liveries

Original livery of Yugoslav Railways was red (occasionally orange) and blue with white stripe and "Jugoslovenske železnice" inscription on it. Serbian Railways class 441 units were later recolored into a red and grey livery. Post-overhaul units owned by Srbija Voz are colored in the new "swoosh" livery shared with

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EMUs, while unoverhauled and

Srbija Kargo Srbija Kargo ( sr-Cyrl, Србија Карго, Anglicized: Serbia Cargo) is the national state-owned cargo railway company of Serbia. History In March 2015, the Government of Serbia announced its plan to establish three new railway companies, ...

units retain the red and grey color scheme. Locomotives of Republika Srpska have similar livery as the original Yugoslav, but with faded colours and a white stripe between blue and red. In Croatia, there are three basic liveries. The standard one is the red with white stripe. There is also a very rare livery, in colours similar to Croatian flag. The third, newest livery is the

HŽ Croatian Railways (, HŽ) was the national railway company of Croatia. It was a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Croatia is 78. The Croatian rail network carried 24.230 million passengers in 2023. His ...

official livery (red and grey with blue stripe). The Romanian Railways' original livery was in grey with a red or blue stripe, some examples even with the Romanian tricolor flag used instead of the blue or red stripe (similar case to a few members of EA class), but after 2000, the traditional white-red (front ends) livery has been applied. A reversed variation of it appeared on the 3 Class 46 locomotives modernized in Croatia, whilst for the rest Class 46 members, the livery is similar to the ones applied on the Class 47 locomotives. File:HŽ_1141_series_locomotive_drawing_original_livery.PNG, Sketch of the original

livery File:ŽS 441 series locomotive drawing.png, Serbian Railways standard livery File:HŽ_1141_series_locomotive_colorfull_livery.png, Sketch of the new "HŽ vuča vlakova" livery File:ŽRS 441 series locomotive drawing.png, ŽRS standard livery File:HŽ 1141 series locomotive drawing special BiH livery.PNG, Sketch of the ŽFBiH special livery File:JŽ_441_series_locomotive_drawing_special_BiH_livery_ZFBIH.png, Sketch of the ŽFBiH livery

Export

Starting with 1972, between Yugoslavia and Romania a convention was concluded for reciprocal delivery for locomotives. It also involved the Romanian companies

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and UCM Reşiţa. Thus the Romanian party delivered to Yugoslavia a number of 103 Co’Co locomotives of the 461 JŽ series and sub-assemblies for 130 Bo’Bo locomotives of the 441 JŽ series, delivered to Romania and registered with CFR under the number 040-EC (Class 43) between 1973 and 1984. The Yugoslavian locomotives derived directly from the already renowned prototype ASEA RB1 improved in the mechanical construction under the RC1 series pattern. A number of locomotives have been modernised to Class 46, initially 3 units by

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, and later by PROMAT and Softronic Craiova. Class 46 is also a number used by Class 43/44 locomotives that were reclassified after being renumbered into UIC system, though with no modernisation what so ever. The Class 44 (040-EC1) is the same as Class 43, but modified for higher speeds (160 km/h). Since the dissolution of

SFRY The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

, this locomotive is also exported. Some pieces are in North Macedonia, and some were leased to Turkish Railways (as

TCDD E52500 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 in Bosnia-Herzegovina. They are used throughout the electrified par ...

class). Now, most of the former Republics which have been formed after the dissolving of

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have some of these locomotives, inherited from the former JŽ. These units have different designations, but very similar characteristics.

In popular culture

One example made an appearance coming out of a tunnel towards the end of the movie

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. This is anachronistic as the movie took place during World War II.

Gallery

File:ŽS 441 at Novi Žednik.jpg,

Serbian Railways Serbian Railways ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Железнице Србије, Železnice Srbije, separator=" / "; abbr. / ) is a Serbian engineering and technical consulting company based in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2015, the Government of Serbia establishe ...

' unrefurbished 441-704 between Subotica and Novi Sad File:SV 441 704-5 BG.jpg,

' refurbished 441-704 at Belgrade Main before closure File:Triebfahrzeug TCDD E 52504 Sirkeci.jpg, The same series (modified and renumbered) at Turkish National Railways. File:Hž 1141 livery1.JPG, Alternative, rare livery. File:ŽFBH 441 at Jabučić Polje.jpg, ŽFBH class 441 File:ŽRS 441 at Doboj.jpg, ŽRS class 441 File:CFR 460 051 at Baile Herculane.jpg, CFR Class 43 (here seen as reclassified into Class 46) File:CFR 46 and 43 locomotives, Arad.jpg, CFR Class 46 (Končar modernisation) File:CFR 461 043 at Târgu Jiu.jpg, CFR Class 46 (PROMAT modernisation) File:TENT 441-06.jpg,

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Class 441 File:Sarajevo ŽFBH 441-047 2011-10-01.JPG, ŽFBH 441-047 at

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, October 1, 2011 ŽFBH 441-307.jpg, ŽFBH 441-307 (Kakanj) HŽ locomotive 1141 303.jpg, HŽ 1 141 303, older livery HŽ 1141 385 (28865285518).jpg, HŽPP series 1141, new livery in blue

References

External links

Characteristics and some description
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