ChS2

The ChS2 Russian: ЧС2 is an electric mainline DC passenger locomotive used in Russia and Ukraine. It was manufactured by Škoda Works in Czechoslovakia.

ChS2 [1]
Locomotive ChS2-366 at Simferopol railway station, Ukraine
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderŠkoda Works
Build date1958-1976
Number rebuiltChS2 and ChS2K - 942
ChS2T - 120
Specifications
Gauge1,524 mm (5 ft)
1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Electric system/s3 kV DC Catenary
Current pickup(s)Pantograph
Performance figures
Maximum speed160 km/h (99 mph)
Career
OperatorsРЖД (RZhD), УЗ (UZ)
Locale Russia
Soviet Union
Ukraine
  • ChS2-023 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg
  • ChS2-023 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg
  • ChS2-023 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg
  • ChS2-023 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg
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See also
  • 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
  1. Article "Легендарная "двойка" - качество, проверенное временем"
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