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ČD 141.001-8 (Škoda 3383/1957),
photographed in Čelákovice-Jiřina on June 30, 2007,
by someone who wishes to be known as Hubitel
(source: www.commons.wikimedia.org).
Another
photo from this source, this time by Radouch: ČD 141.052-1
(Škoda 3869/1960), Praha Hlavní nádraží, May 19, 2006.
Broad-gauge
version for the USSR: ChS3-45, photographed at the Moscow Railway Museum on
November 19, 2015. |
Between
1952 and 1958 renowned Škoda works of Plzeň supplied 100 class E499.0 four-axle universal
electric locomotives to Czechoslovak state railways ČSD (factory type 12E).
They were built under license from Schweizerische
Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik
of Winterthur and Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron
of Genéve. Two more were supplied to the USSR
(class ChS1, or ЧС1 in Russian script – factory type 24E1) and
ten to Northern Korea (factory type 22E1). With the ČSD these locomotives were later re-classed 140; they were
commonly nicknamed ‘Bobina’, after the Bo’Bo’ axle arrangement. In
1957 a modified version was developed that featured indigenous Škoda-Chadži transmission that replaced the
original Sécheron type. Prototype (factory
type 20E1, s/n 3393/1957) was followed by sixty production examples,
delivered between 1959 and 1960 in two batches, each numbering thirty
examples (factory types 30E1 and 30E2, differing only in minor details).
Compared to the original ‘Bobina’, they were
slightly longer and could be easily distinguished by rectangular side windows
instead of the round ones. These locomotives initially hauled mainly express
trains; after the introduction of class 150 in 1978 were gradually relegated
to less prestigious duties. Two examples (141.004 and 141.012) were still in
use with Czech state railways ČD in
mid-2016. Class E499.1 served as the basis for factory type 44E1, of which
thirty examples were built in 1961 for Poland (PKP class EU05). Other derivative of this successful locomotive
was broad-gauge class ChS3, or ЧС3 in Russian script (factory
type 29E) for Soviet railways. 87 examples were delivered in 1960 and a few
of them reportedly still remain in use with Russian RZhD. In
March 2009 five locomotives of this type (141.014, 019, 029, 036 and 045),
withdrawn between 2003 and 2005, were transferred to the ZNTK Oleśnica repair works in Poland. Two
of them, 141.014 (Škoda
3831/1958) and 141.045 (Škoda 3862/1959) returned to Czech Republic in September
2010, this time to DPOV Přerov repair works. After overhaul they were
restored in service and delivered to Wrocław-based STK company in October 2012. They were
re-numbered 30E1-014 and 30E1-045, respectively; the latter designation is
somehow inconsistent, as this locomotive in fact belongs to the 30E2
sub-type. Currently (April 2022) both are still in use. The remaining three
examples were sold for scrap in November 2013. Main
technical data
- Three
more delivered, but not restored in service. - 141.001
– 15 800 mm, 141.033 – 16 740 mm. References and
acknowledgments
-
Monographic article on class 140 by Bogdan Waga (KMD vol. 2/2005); -
AV, AL; -
www.kolejowaklatka.org (website by Marek
Dąbrowski); |
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