TCDD E 43000 information

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TCDD E43000
TCDD E43 042 at Haydarpaşa.
Type and origin Power type Electric Designer Toshiba Builder Toshiba, Tülomsaş Build date 1988[1] Total produced 45[1]
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B-B  • UIC Bo'Bo'Bo' Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Length 20.24 m (66 ft 5 in) Loco weight 120 tonnes (120 long tons; 130 short tons) Electric system/s 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary Current pickup(s) Pantograph
Performance figures Maximum speed 90 km/h (56 mph)(some units) 130 km/h (81 mph) (remaining units) Units have two different final drive ratios fixed at manufacturing Power output 3,180 kW (4,260 hp) Tractive effort 275 kN (62,000 lbf)
Career Operators Turkish State Railways (1987-2016) TCDD Taşımacılık (2016- ) Omsan (2017- ) Numbers E43001 – E43045

The TCDD E43000 is a twin-cab six-axle Bo-Bo-Bo electric locomotive used previously by the Turkish State Railways and currently by TCDD Taşımacılık in Turkey. The locomotives were designed by Toshiba and built by TÜLOMSAŞ at their Eskişehir shops. The locomotive is based on the JNR Class EF63 electric locomotive in Japan, built by Toshiba. The Turkish State Railways ordered 45 locomotives as part of the railways electrification program of the late-1980s early-1990s.

TCDD ordered the locomotives to be used on the Istanbul-Ankara railway and later for freight operations on the Divriği to İskenderun iron ore route. Used both for passenger and freight operations, the E43000 has since become one of Turkey's most recognizable locomotives and one of two electric main-line locomotives in use today, together with the E68000. Due to the locomotive's original designer, they have been nicknamed "Toshibas" by railfans in Turkey.