| TCDD E68000 | |
| Powertype: | Electric |
| Designer: | Hyundai Rotem |
| Builder: | Hyundai Rotem, TÜLOMSAŞ |
| Builddate: | 2013-2015 |
| Totalproduction: | 80 |
| Aarwheels: | B-B |
| Uicclass: | Bo'Bo' |
| Length: | 200NaN0 |
| Electricsystem: | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary |
| Collectionmethod: | Pantograph, 1600mm wide single-pole collector |
| Maxspeed: | 140-1NaN-1 |
| Poweroutput: | 5abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Operator: | TCDD Taşımacılık |
| Fleetnumbers: | E68001 – E68080 |
TCDD E68000 (stylised as E 68 000 on painted registration numbers) is a series of electric locomotives used by the Turkish State Railways. The locomotives have a power output of 5,000 kW and are capable of 140 km/h (87 mph) speed.
The first 8 locomotives were built by Hyundai Rotem in South Korea and the later 72 by TÜLOMSAŞ in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1]
The order has a total cost of $330 million, with 220 million being provided by Islamic Development Bank.[2] These locomotives have a quite simple and unusual livery for TCDD with two flashy yellow stripes on a gray background. The livery of the E68009 is also a bit different from the rest of the series with a big TCDD's corporate logo standing alone on each side.[3] Revised locos have yellow TCDD lettering replaced by blue TCDD Taşımacılık lettering.
Locomotive 68 041 was involved in the Ankara train collision on 13 December 2018.[4]