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TCDD E68000
TCDDT E68030 at Basmane station.
Type and origin Power type Electric Designer Hyundai Rotem Builder Hyundai Rotem, TÜLOMSAŞ Build date 2013-2015 Total produced 80
Specifications Configuration: ​  • AAR B-B  • UIC Bo'Bo' Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Length 20 m (65 ft 7 in) Loco weight 86 tonnes (85 long tons; 95 short tons) Electric system/s 25 kV 50 Hz AC Catenary Current pickup(s) Pantograph, 1,600 millimetres (63 in) wide single-pole collector
Performance figures Maximum speed 140 km/h (90 mph) Power output 5 MW (6,705 hp)
Career Operators TCDD Taşımacılık Numbers E68001 – E68080

TCDD E68000 (stylised as E 68 000 on painted registration numbers) is a series of electric locomotives used by the Turkish State Railways. The locomotives have a power output of 5,000 kW and are capable of 140 km/h (87 mph) speed.

History

The first 8 locomotives were built by Hyundai Rotem in South Korea and the later 72 by TÜLOMSAŞ in Eskişehir, Turkey.

The order has a total cost of $330 million, with 220 million being provided by Islamic Development Bank. These locomotives have a quite simple and unusual livery for TCDD with two flashy yellow stripes on a gray background. The livery of the E68009 is also a bit different from the rest of the series with a big TCDD's corporate logo standing alone on each side. Revised locos have yellow TCDD lettering replaced by blue TCDD Taşımacılık lettering.

Accidents and incidents

Locomotive 68 041 was involved in the Ankara train collision on 13 December 2018.

Notes

1. In practice, all 25 kV/50 Hz overhead lines in Turkey are overvolted to 27500 V, enabling 175 km/h (109 mph).

References

1. "The New Electric Locos of Turkey: Hyundai E68000". RailTurkey.org. July 22, 2016.
2. "E68000". Trainsofturkey.com. July 22, 2016.
3. "Hyundai-Rotem + Skoda: TCDD E68000". Railcolor.net. July 22, 2016.
4. "Turkey train crash: Several killed in high-speed train collision". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

External links

Media related to TCDD E 68000 at Wikimedia Commons

• Trains of Turkey on E68000

• Bo-Bo locomotives
• Electric locomotives of Turkey
• 25 kV AC locomotives
• Standard gauge locomotives of Turkey
• Railway locomotives introduced in 2013