ChS8

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ChS8[1]

Electric locomotive Chs8-48
Specifications
Power type Electric
Builder Škoda Works
Build date 1983–89
Total produced 82
Gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Electric system(s) 25 kV AC 50Hz
Current collection
method
Pantograph
Top speed 180 km/h (110 mph)
Career
Railroad(s) РЖД (RZhD), УЗ (UZ)
Locale Russia Russia
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Ukraine Ukraine

The ChS8 (Russian: ЧС8) is an electric mainline AC passenger locomotive used in Russia and Ukraine.

See also

  • The Museum of the Moscow Railway, at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
  • Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
  • Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation
  • History of rail transport in Russia

References

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