JŽ class 441

JŽ class 441
JŽ class 441
	TCDD E52500; CFR 040-EC (Class 43/44)
Nicknames	ASEA
Locale	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey

The JŽ class 441 is an

Željeznice Republike Srpske, Serbian Railways and Rail transport of TPP Nikola Tesla (ŽS 441), Makedonski Železnici, Turkish State Railways and Romanian Railways-CFR

.

History

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

freight traffic on mainline electrified routes. There was also a need to have a powerful electric locomotive to pull freight. Originally, it had diode voltage selector. A later, modernised series, the 3xx subseries, include thyristor

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 120 km/h (75 mph) or 140 km/h (87 mph), depending on the gearing. The more common gearing is the 120 km/h (75 mph) (classes 0xx, 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx, 8xx) intended for freight and passenger trains, while the 140 km/h (87 mph) (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.

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 Stadler FLIRT EMUs, while unoverhauled and Srbija Kargo

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

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.

Sketch of the original Yugoslav Railways livery
Serbian Railways standard livery
Sketch of the new "HŽ vuča vlakova" livery
ŽRS standard livery
Sketch of the ŽFBiH special livery
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

Končar Group, 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

TCDD E52500 class). Now, most of the former Republics which have been formed after the dissolving of Yugoslavia

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 Force 10 From Navarone. This is anachronistic as the movie took place during World War II.

Gallery

Serbian Railways' unrefurbished 441-704 between Subotica and Novi Sad
Serbian Railways' refurbished 441-704 at Belgrade Main before closure
The same series (modified and renumbered) at Turkish National Railways.
Alternative, rare livery.
ŽFBH class 441
ŽRS class 441
CFR Class 43 (here seen as reclassified into Class 46)
CFR Class 46 (Končar modernisation)
CFR Class 46 (PROMAT modernisation)
TENT Class 441
ŽFBH 441-047 at Sarajevo, October 1, 2011
ŽFBH 441-307 (Kakanj)
HŽ 1 141 303, older livery
HŽPP series 1141, new livery in blue

References

^ An electric locomotive for CFR and not only…. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "An electric locomotive for CFR and not only….Sequel". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

External links

Characteristics and some description

[1] An electric locomotive for CFR and not only…. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "An electric locomotive for CFR and not only….Sequel". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

Rolling stock of the Yugoslav Railways
Steam locomotives	JŽ 01 JŽ 02 JŽ 03 JŽ 04 JŽ 05 JŽ 06 JŽ 07 JŽ 08 JŽ 09 JŽ 10 JŽ 11 JŽ 16 JŽ 17 JŽ 18 JŽ 20 JŽ 21 JŽ 22 JŽ 23 JŽ 24 JŽ 25 JŽ 26 JŽ 27 JŽ 28 JŽ 29 JŽ 30 JŽ 31 JŽ 32 JŽ 33 JŽ 35 JŽ 36 JŽ 37 JŽ 38 JŽ 50 JŽ 51 JŽ 52 JŽ 53 JŽ 60 JŽ 61 JŽ 62 JŽ 73 JŽ 83 JŽ 85 JŽ 91 JŽ 93 JŽ 99 JŽ 101 JŽ 102 JŽ 103 JŽ 104 JŽ 105 JŽ 106 JŽ 107 JŽ 108 JŽ 109 JŽ 110 JŽ 111 JŽ 112 JŽ 113 JŽ 114 JŽ 115 JŽ 116 JŽ 117 JŽ 118 JŽ 120 JŽ 121 JŽ 122 JŽ 123 JŽ 124 JŽ 125 JŽ 126 JŽ 127 JŽ 128 JŽ 129 JŽ 130 JŽ 131 JŽ 132 JŽ 133 JŽ 134 JŽ 135 JŽ 136 JŽ 137 JŽ 138 JŽ 139 JŽ 140 JŽ 141 JŽ 142 JŽ 143 JŽ 144 JŽ 145 JŽ 146 JŽ 147 JŽ 148 JŽ 150´ JŽ 150´´ JŽ 151 JŽ 152 JŽ 153 JŽ 154 JŽ 155´ JŽ 155´´ JŽ 156 JŽ 157 JŽ 158 JŽ 159 JŽ 160 JŽ 161 JŽ 162 JŽ 163
Electric locomotives	JŽ 341 JŽ 342 JŽ 361 JŽ 362 JŽ 363 JŽ 441 JŽ 442 JŽ 444 JŽ 461 JŽ 462
Diesel locomotives	JŽ 641 JŽ 642 JŽ 643 JŽ 644 JŽ 645 JŽ 646 JŽ 661 JŽ 662 JŽ 663 JŽ 664 JŽ 665 JŽ 666 JŽ 667 JŽ 720 JŽ 731 JŽ 732 JŽ 733 JŽ 734 JŽ 741 JŽ 742 JŽ 743 JŽ 744 JŽ 761
Electric multiple units	JŽ 310 JŽ 311 JŽ 312 JŽ 314 JŽ 410 JŽ 411 JŽ 412
Diesel multiple units	JŽ 610 JŽ 611 JŽ 710 JŽ 711 JŽ 712 JŽ 713 JŽ 801 JŽ 802 JŽ 811 JŽ 812 JŽ 813

v t e Rolling stock of the Serbian Railways
Diesel locomotives	ŽS 621 ŽS 641 ŽS 644 ŽS 661 ŽS 666
Electric locomotives	ŽS 441 ŽS 444 ŽS 461
DMUs	ŽS 711
EMUs	ŽS 412 ŽS 413
Rolling stock of the Yugoslav Railways

v t e Rolling stock of the Croatian Railways
Diesel locomotives	HŽ 2041 HŽ 2044 HŽ 2062 HŽ 2063 HŽ 2132
Electric locomotives	HŽ 1141 HŽ 1142
DMUs	HŽ 7022 HŽ 7023 HŽ 7121 HŽ 7122 HŽ 7123
EMUs	HŽ 6111 HŽ 6112
Withdrawn or not active	HŽ 1061 HŽ 1081 HŽ 1161 HŽ 2042 HŽ 2043 HŽ 2061 HŽ 2062-1 HŽ 2131 HŽ 2133 HŽ 2141 HŽ 6011 HŽ 7021 HŽ 7221 ES 64 F4 (rented)
Curiose	JŽ 361
Rolling stock of the Yugoslav Railways

v t e Rolling stock of the Romanian Railways
Electric locomotives:	CFR 40 CFR 41 CFR 42 CFR 43 CFR 44 CFR 45 CFR 46 CFR 47 CFR 48
Diesel locomotives:	CFR 60 CFR 62 CFR 63 CFR 65 CFR 67/68 CFR 69 CFR 73 CFR 80 CFR 81 CFR 82 CFR 83 CFR 84 CFR 85 CFR 88 CFR 95 Terra Nova
DMUs:	CFR 77 CFR 78 CFR 79 CFR 92 CFR 96 CFR 98
EMUs:	CFR 55/56/57 CFR 58
Withdrawn steam locomotives¹:	50 130 131 142 150 180 202 203 220 222 230 238 231 289 301 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 335 339 340 350 370 375 328 328 G8 420 421 422 434 441 442 475 601 651 328 328 328 395
¹ The Romanian Railways gained a large number of rolling stock following the Great Union. Trains of Romania at Commons