183
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Slovakian 183 013-2, photographed at the Skalite station on March 4,
2009.
183 007-4, SCS, photographed in
Zduńska Wola Karsznice on November 17, 2011.
Skalite again: 183
031-4, SSK Cargo, April 10, 2012.
183 028-0, STK (leased from SSK), photographed in
Zduńska Wola Karsznice on December 9, 2012.
183 009-0, STK (leased from SSK), photographed at the
same location on March 1, 2013.
Slovakian
183 001-7, photographed in Petrovice, Czech Republic, on March 4, 2014.
183 020-7, SSK Cargo, Sosnowiec Jęzor, September 16,
2021. This locomotive has been leased to several Polish private operators
since 2014.
183 035-5,
photographed on the same occasion. This locomotive is operated by Rail Polska.
Sosnowiec Jęzor again, almost exactly one year later September 15,
2022. 183 033-0
and 183 027-2.
Both are owned by BTS and operated by Inter Cargo. |
Class E 669.3 from koda
(factory type 61E, later re-classed 183) was the final development version of
the basic CoCo electric locomotive design, known
as estikolák, or six-wheeler, and dating back to
1961. It differed from its immediate predecessor, class E 669.2, mainly in
suspension, slightly modified traction motors and equipment details.
Externally these two types were almost identical; later variant could be
distinguished by the lack of horizontal metal garnish strip running around
the body and one horizontally-divided window in each side wall instead of
two. Class E 669.3 was intended solely for freight
traffic. A batch of 43 was delivered in 1971, one more example being rebuilt
from 182.063 in 2005. Most went to Slovakia (mainly to the Koice depot), only eight were initially assigned to the
Olomouc depot, but were also transferred to Slovakia before the end of 1980.
After the break-up of Czechoslovakia, all 183s became the property of SR.
In early 2011, 37 of these still remained with SCS (elezničná spoločnos
Although first ex-ČSD six-axle locomotives
appeared in Poland in late 2005, class 183 from SCS followed only almost six years
later. The first example was 183.039-7, which was acquired by Tarnów-based PUK Kolprem
and arrived in June 2011; in November it was transferred to Pol-Mied Trans. Until 2017 more examples followed,
bringing their total number to 25. Formally some of them were owned by SCS and some by private companies: Bulk
Transshipment Slovakia a.s., ExpressGroup a.s.
and Tenutado SK s.r.o.
They were leased to various Polish private operators: Pol-Mied Trans, STK, Rail Polska,
Inter Cargo, CIECH Cargo, Karpiel
Sp. z o.o., ECCO Rail, HSL Polska and PUK Kolprem.
Most of them changed hands several times. Polish 183s were fitted
with modified current collectors and equipment conforming to relevant Polish
standards. Despite their age, these locomotives were highly valued for
simplicity and reliability. First four locomotives of this type (183 016,
020, 035 and 044) were withdrawn and scrapped in Jaworzno
Szczakowa in December 2021. Due to decrease of
freight traffic in Slovakia, SCS decided to withdraw further examples, with only eight remaining in
use in mid-2022. Some were cannibalized for spares. This decision was not
supported by their technical condition and in fact was widely criticized. It
seems probable that in near future this type will remain in service only with
private operators in Poland and Czech Republic. Main technical
data
1)
Including one rebuilt from class 182. 2) Until
2017. References and
acknowledgments
-
MAL, AV; -
SK, various issues; -
www.kolejowaklatka.org (website
by Marek Dšbrowski); |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
