Power type Electric Build date 1955/12/01 Length 16 m (52 ft 5.9 in) | Builder Alstom AAR wheel arr. Bo'Bo' | |
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
The single locomotive designated JŽ 341 is a curiosity.
It was originally designed for hauling freight and passenger-trains on the then new mountain part of the electrified Rijeka mainline. When it was found out, that the axle pressure was high (20 t), further orders were abandoned. The maintenance and usage of this locomotive caused troubles in that there was only one unit of this type. The production and holding of spare parts was uneconomic.
The final years of this locomotive were used in banking freight traffic over the very hilly and difficult Rijeka-Zagreb line between Fužine and Lokve.
The end of useful life commenced in May 1986.
Photographs of this locomotive are very rare.
References
JŽ series 341 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA