Power type Diesel-electric Build date 1963-1994 Wheel diameter 1,050 mm (41.34 in) | Builder ČKD Total produced 8200 | |
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Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge
1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁄32 in) Russian gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
The ČKD ČME3 is six axle diesel locomotive with electric transmission built by ČKD. The class were used primarily for heavy shunting (4000 tons). Units have been operated by Russia, Belarus, Ukraine (as class ЧМЭ3, transliteration ChME3) and other ex-Soviet bloc countries, in Czechoslovakia (as class T669, later as ŽSR 770 and ČD 770 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic), on industrial railways in Poland (S200), in Albania (HSH T669.1), Iraq (DES 3101), Syria (LDE 1500) and in India (DEC 120). It is black and red.
References
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