ChS4 [1] | |
Powertype: | Electric |
Builder: | Škoda Works |
Builddate: | 1963-1972 |
Totalproduction: | 232 |
Gauge: | |
Wheeldiameter: | 1250mm |
Length: | 19.98m (65.55feet) |
Height: | 5240m (17,190feet) |
Axleload: | 20.5t |
Locoweight: | 123t |
Electricsystem: | Catenary |
Collectionmethod: | Pantograph |
Maxspeed: | 160km/h |
Poweroutput: | 5100kW |
Operator: | РЖД (RZhD), БЧ (BCh), УЗ (UZ) |
Locale: | Russia Soviet Union Belarus Ukraine |
The ChS4 (Czech: ČS4, Russian: ЧС4) is an electric mainline AC passenger locomotive used in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.
To overcome some ChS4 shortcomings, in 1971 a modernized version of locomotive was released. It is known as ChS4T in USSR and as 62E in Czechoslovakia.