Electroputere

Electroputere S.A.
Public: (BVB: EPT)
Industry Railroad
Power Generation
Founded 1949
Headquarters Craiova, Romania
Products Locomotives
Electric motors
OEM parts
Services Locomotive maintenance
Locomotive management
Training
Website electroputere.ro
5100 kW Class 45 Electric locomotive currently in operation by Romanian CFR

Electroputere S.A. (which translates as Electropower in English) is a company based in Craiova, Romania. Founded in 1949, it is today one of the largest industrial companies in Romania. During the time, Electroputere has produced, for Romanian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Polish Railways and others, more than 2400 Diesel locomotives, 1050 Electric locomotives, urban vehicles and complex equipments.[1]

Products

Electroputere are currently active manufactures of:

They also have divisions specialising in:

Electric and diesel-electric locomotives

Export orders

British Rail Class 56 locomotives were built by Electroputere and BREL

A total of 1105 locomotives have been delivered, between 1972—1991, to railway companies from the following countries:

[2]

One of its more notable foreign orders was for the Class 56 locomotives for British Rail. The 30 locomotives were outsourced to Electroputere because Brush Traction could not build them at its own plant; however, upon their arrival in the UK, the machines were deemed to be unsuitable for use, as they suffered from poor construction standards, and had to be withdrawn and extensively rebuilt. (However, they were seen as being perfectly reasonable for use in Romania by the Romanian crews who tested them) [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Electroputere Craiova - Manufacture".
  2. ↑ Exports between 1972-1991
  3. ↑ The Railway Magazine, The Locos that Came in From the Cold, (December 2000/January 2001 issues).

External links

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