ChS4

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ChS4
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Škoda Works
Build date	1963-1972
Total produced	232
Specifications
Gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft) 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Wheel diameter	1,250 mm (4 ft 1 in)
Length	19.980 m (65 ft 6.6 in)
Height	5,240 m (17,191 ft 7 in)
Axle load	20.5 t (20.2 long tons; 22.6 short tons)
Locomotive weight	123 t (121 long tons; 136 short tons)
Electric system(s)	25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary
Current collection method	Pantograph
Performance figures
Maximum speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output	5,100 kW (6,800 hp)
Career
Operator(s)	РЖД (RZhD), БЧ (BCh), УЗ (UZ)
Locale	Russia Soviet Union Belarus Ukraine

The ChS4 (Czech: ČS4, 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. It is known as ChS4T in USSR and as 62E in Czechoslovakia.

Gallery

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  ChS4-012 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg

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  ChS4-012 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg

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  ChS4-012 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg

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  ChS4-012 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Electric locomotive ChS4.

• The Museum of the Moscow Railway, at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Moscow, 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