El 17
Power type Electric
Designer BBC and Henschel
Builder Thyssen-Henschel
Serial number H.32467–H.32472
H.32901–H.32906
Build date 1982, 1987
Total produced 12
Specifications
Configuration:
• AAR B-B
• UIC Bo'Bo'
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Bogies Flexifloat (Henschel)
Wheel diameter 1,100 mm (43.31 in) (new)
Wheelbase 2,600 mm (102.4 in) (bogie)
Length 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Width 3,040 mm (119.7 in) (car body)
Height 4,650 mm (183.1 in) (pantograph in low position)
Axle load 16.0 t (15.7 long tons; 17.6 short tons)
(17.0 t or 16.7 long tons or 18.7 short tons with barlast)
Loco weight 64 t (63 long tons; 71 short tons)
Electric system/s 15 kV 16 2⁄3 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s) Pantograph
Traction motors 4 × NEBB BQg 3855
Loco brake reostatic, regenerative, shoe
Performance figures
Maximum speed 150 km/h (93 mph)
Power output 3,000 kW (4,000 hp)
Tractive effort 240 kN (54,000 lbf)