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ChS4

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Power type
  
Electric

Build date
  
1963-1972

Wheel diameter
  
1,250 mm (4 ft 1 in)

Builder
  
Škoda Works

Total produced
  
232

ChS4

Gauge
  
1,524 mm (5 ft) 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ⁄32 in) Russian gauge

The ChS4 (Czech: ČS4, Russian: ЧС4) is an electric mainline AC passenger locomotive used in Russia, Ukraine and other exUSSR countries.

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.

References

ChS4 Wikipedia