ChS4

ChS4 [1]
Power type Electric
Builder Škoda Works
Build date 1963-1972
Total produced 232
Gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft) 
Wheel diameter 1250 mm
Length 19,980 mm (787 in)
Height 5,240 mm (206 in)
Axle load 20.5 t
Locomotive weight 123 t
Electric system 25 kV AC 50Hz
Current collection
method
Pantograph
Top speed 160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output 5100 kW
Career РЖД (RZhD), БЧ (BCh), УЗ (UZ)
Locale Russia
Soviet Union
Belarus
Ukraine

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

ChS4T modification

To overcome some ChS4 shortcomings, in 1971 a modernized version of locomotive was released. Its is known as ChS4T in USSR and as 62E in Czechoslovakia.

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