The JT 42CW is a class of six axle Co'Co' diesel electric freight locomotives manufactured by Alstom's Meinfesa plant in Valencia Spain in the late 1990s for use by Israel Railways (IR).
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Description edit
The locomotives are of the Prima type, produced at Alstom's plant in Valencia, Spain in collaboration with GM-EMD; the locomotives use EMD traction equipment and an EMD 710 engine.[1][4] The units were ordered in 1996 and entered service in 1998.[3][4]
The locomotives were designed for freight work, but have also been used to haul passenger trains due to a shortage of locomotives.[5]
The locomotives were specified for work hauling phosphate trains from the Dead Sea to Mediterranean ports, with loads of up to 3,000 t (6,613,868 lb) on slopes up to 1.5% to 2% (1:67 to 1:50 grades).[6]
See also edit
- Israel Railways JT 42BW, contemporary passenger locomotives from the same manufacturer
References edit
- ^ a b Sources:
- P. Laval, La Vie du Rail (in French), pp. 5–10
- "Локомотивы семейства Prima компании Alstom", ЖЕЛЕЗНЫЕ ДОРОГИ МИРА (in Russian) (3): 1–3, 2001, archived from the original on 2007-05-03, retrieved 2012-03-16
- ^ a b c d הנחיות לתכנון מתקני עצירת רכבות (PDF), www.iroads.co.il (in Hebrew), רכבת ישראל בע״מ, נספח ב': סוגי רכבות נוסעים וקטרי, July 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-29, retrieved 2012-03-16
- ^ a b Sources:
- "Israel Railways' Diesel Locomotives", www.anglefire.com, JT42CW
- "IR stock", www.railfaneurope.net, IR diesel locomotives and shunters, archived from the original on 2017-09-29, retrieved 2012-03-16
- ^ a b c "Diesel-Electric Locomotives : JT42 CW" (PDF), www.vossloh-espana.com, Vossloh, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2009
- ^ Рельсовый транспорт Израиля, ЖЕЛЕЗНЫЕ ДОРОГИ МИРА (in Russian) (12), 2000, archived from the original on 2012-07-28
- ^ "Новые локомотивы компании Alstom", Железные дороги мира (in Russian) (10), 1998, archived from the original on 2007-05-04
External links edit
- "Picture Gallery - Directory: /pix/ne/Israel/diesel/JT42CW", www.railfaneurope.net
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