In the early 1960s a need appeared in Poland for urgent introduction of locos able to haul heavy freight. This was caused mainly by the intensification of transport on south–north line, especially from the Silesian coal mines to Szczecin and Świnoujście harbours. Lack of experience in building diesel locos for that purpose was the reason why the first ones had to be bought from Romania.
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In March 1965 first 30 items of 060DA locomotives (factory number of ST43) were introduced into Poznań and Szczecin, according to agreement with Romanian producer. Good results of tests allowed next deliveries to be brought to Poland. Until 1978 a total number of 422 locomotives were operating in Poland.
In the 1990s, the ST43 appeared to be no longer necessary as most of the tracks serviced by it were electrified. Most of the units were withdrawn, the rest were sent for use on passenger and light transport trains.
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Chabówka Rail Museum
January 01, 1970
class, st43, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, december, 2014, learn, when, remove, . This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources PKP class ST43 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message ST43 is the name for a Romanian diesel locomotive produced by Electroputere exported to and operating in Poland It was made for the purpose of heavy transport ST43ST43 259 in service in 1989Type and originPower typeDieselBuilderElectroputere Romania Build date1965 1978Total produced422SpecificationsConfiguration UICCo Co Gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in Driver dia 1 100 mmLength17 000 mmWidth3 000 mmLoco weight116 4 tFuel capacity4 880 lEngine typeUCM Reșița Sulzer 12LDA28TransmissionElectricLoco brakeKnorr OerlikonPerformance figuresMaximum speed100 km hPower output1 544 kWTractive effort314 kNCareerOperatorsPKPClassST43NicknamesRumun from their Romanian manufacture Contents 1 History 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Production 1 3 Present days 2 Locomotive assignment 3 Nicknames 4 See also 5 External linksHistory editIn the early 1960s a need appeared in Poland for urgent introduction of locos able to haul heavy freight This was caused mainly by the intensification of transport on south north line especially from the Silesian coal mines to Szczecin and Swinoujscie harbours Lack of experience in building diesel locos for that purpose was the reason why the first ones had to be bought from Romania Introduction edit nbsp In March 1965 first 30 items of 060DA locomotives factory number of ST43 were introduced into Poznan and Szczecin according to agreement with Romanian producer Good results of tests allowed next deliveries to be brought to Poland Until 1978 a total number of 422 locomotives were operating in Poland Production edit Locomotives numbers Producer Years of production Quantity 001 422 Electroputere 1965 1978 422 Present days edit In the 1990s the ST43 appeared to be no longer necessary as most of the tracks serviced by it were electrified Most of the units were withdrawn the rest were sent for use on passenger and light transport trains Locomotive assignment editLocomotives numbers Operator Remarks 27 164 189 304 Bialystok 201 347 395 Bydgoszcz 04 05 22 35 80 100 114 117 144 170 185 190 200 208 216 223 235 248 257 258 259 264 267 269 273 278 334 355 365 371 382 386 406 Czerwiensk 217 229 265 Gdynia 19 68 97 116 177 218 221 227 228 239 290 320 329 339 340 341 345 375 380 388 389 398 399 400 402 404 408 415 416 417 Nowy Sacz 69 128 275 292 318 327 333 336 344 349 Olsztyn 21 55 142 174 214 231 253 255 260 274 277 381 403 Poznan 72 137 187 224 361 Skarzysko 83 103 165 193 195 199 338 357 Szczecin 63 71 77 98 102 108 115 132 135 140 160 171 194 198 206 226 238 241 242 245 247 251 252 254 263 270 272 291 293 295 298 302 303 305 312 314 316 317 322 325 328 332 335 351 352 353 354 356 358 359 364 366 367 368 377 378 390 391 392 396 397 Wroclaw 407 413 414 422 Zurawica 01 Chabowka For renovation in locomotive museum 02 Jaworzyna Slaska heritage park wreckNicknames editThis loco used to be called by the following names Rumun en Romanian from the country of origin See also editPolish locomotives designationExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to PKP class ST43 Modern Locos Gallery Rail Service Chabowka Rail Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title PKP class ST43 amp oldid 1160795688, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,