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PKP class EP03

EP03-01

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	ASEA
Build date	1951–1952
Total produced	8

Specifications
Configuration:
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	1,220 mm (48 in)
Length	14,170 mm (46 ft 5+7⁄8 in)
Width	3,150 mm (10 ft 4 in)
Loco weight	81.2 t (79.9 long tons; 89.5 short tons)
Electric system/s	3,000 V DC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	LIB 117, 83:24 gear ratio

Performance figures
Maximum speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Power output	1,650 kW (2,210 hp) 1,800 kW (2,400 hp)

Career
Operators	PKP
Locale	Poland

The PKP class EP03 (manufacturer's designation: ASEA E150) is a type of electric locomotive used by Polish railway operator Polskie Koleje Państwowe (PKP).

History

In 1946 PKP purchased eight locomotives from the Swedish manufacturer Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA) of a type not used in Sweden.

Introduction

The locomotives were introduced in 1951–1952. They were designated EP03 class according to PKP system, and numbered EP03-01 to EP03-08. Their main purpose was operating light passenger and freight trains.

Locomotive assignment

Locomotive numbers	Operator	Remarks
01	Sucha Beskidzka

Withdrawal

The EP03 locomotives were in service until about 1970; the last of the class was withdrawn in 1974.

Present use

The only locomotive in operation is EP03-01, preserved in the railway museum in Chabówka.

External links

Rolling stock of Poland

Diesel

Standard gauge	SM01 SM02 SM03 SM04 SM15 SM25 SM30 SP30 SM31 SP32 SM40 ST40 SM41 SM42 SP42 SU42 ST43 ST44 SP45 ST45 SU45 SU46 SP47 SM48 ST48 SU160
Narrow gauge	Ld1 Lyd1 Lyd2 Lxd2

Electric

Steam

Standard gauge*	Ok22 OKl27 OKz32 Ol49 Os24 Pm36 Pt31 Pt47 Pu29 TKh49 TKt48 Tr21 Ty23 Ty37 Ty42 Ty43 Ty45 Ty51 Ty246
Standard gauge**	Od2 Oi1 Oi2 Ok1 OKi1 OKi2 OKl2 OKl12 OKo1 Ol12 Ot1 Pd1 Pd4 Pd5 Pf1 Pf12 Pk1 Pk2 Pm2 Pm3 Pn12 Pt1 Th1 Th3 Th24 Ti1 Ti2 Ti4 Ti11 Ti12 Ti16 Ti17 TKh1 TKh2 TKi1 TKi3 TKp1 TKp11 TKp101 TKt1 TKt2 TKt3 TKw1 TKw2 Tp1 Tp2 Tp3 Tp4 Tp15 Tp102/104 Tr1 Tr5 Tr6 Tr11 Tr12 Tr20 Tr201/203 Tr202 Tw1 Tw12 Ty1 Ty2 Ty3 Ty4 Ty5
Narrow gauge	Px27 Px29 Px38 Px48 Px49 T49 Tw47 Tw53 Tx23 Tx26

Multiple units

Electric	14WE/EN61 19WE 35WE 36WE 60WE EW51 EW52 EW53 EW54 EW55 EN56 EN57 EW58 ED59 EW60 EN62/EN76/EN96 ED70 EN71 ED72 ED73 ED74 EN75/ER75/ED160 EN77 ED78 EN80 EN81 EW90** EW91** EW92** EN94 EN95 EN97 EN100 ED161 ED250
Diesel	222M 810 MR/MRD SN51 SN52 SN60 SN61 SD80** SN80 SN81 SN82 SN83 SN84 SD85 SA101 SA102 SA103 SA104 SA105 SA106 SA107 SA108 SA109 SA110 SA131 SA132 SA133 SA134 SA135 SA136 SA137 SA138 SA139 VT627

Metro cars

Series withdrawn from service shown in italics.
* Own classes - steam locomotive classes built specially for PKP order in Poland or abroad
** Foreign origin class

v t e ASEA electric locomotives for export markets
Austria	ÖBB Class 1043
Canada	GMD GF6C
India	WAG-6A
Norway	NSB El 1 NSB El 15 NSB El 16
Poland	PKP class EP03
Romania	CFR Class 47 Electroputere LE5100
Spain	Ferrocarriles Vascongados, early version Ferrocarriles Vascongados, late version
Turkey	E 52500
United States	EMD AEM-7 ABB ALP-44
Yugoslavia	JŽ 441 JŽ 444 JŽ 461

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