ChME3
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The ČKD ČME3 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by ČKD. The class was used primarily for shunting and mainline duties. With over 8,000 produced during a production run of 31 years, it is one of the most produced locomotives in the world. Units have been operated by Russia, Belarus, Ukraine (as class ЧМЭ3, transliteration ChME3) and other ex-Soviet bloc countries, in Czechoslovakia (as class T669.0, T669.1 and T669.5, later as ŽSR 770 and ČD 770 in Slovakia and the Czech Republic), on industrial railways in Poland (S200), in Albania (HSH T669.1), Iraq (DES 3101), Syria (LDE 1500) and in India (DEC 120).
The ČKD ČME3 is classified as a Co-Co or C-C diesel-electric locomotive, with all six axles powered. As such, it is particularly suited for pulling heavy, slow freight and cargo trains.
Gallery
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ČME3 in depot Sloviansk, Ukrainian Railways
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ČME3-2454, Transnistrian Railway
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ČME3-2567, Dnipro railway station, Ukrainian Railways
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ČME3-2794, Ukrainian Railways
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ČME3-3222, Calea Ferată din Moldova
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ČME3-3225, Calea Ferată din Moldova
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ČME3-3486, Edelaraudtee
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ČME3-3857, Belarusian Railway
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ČME3-4115, Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques
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D1 multiple unit-708 and ČME3-4173, Calea Ferată din Moldova
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ČME3-4709, Dnipro railway station, Ukrainian Railways
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ČME3-5206, Latvian Railways
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ČME3-5263, Georgian Railway
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ČME3-5371, GoRail
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ČME3Т-5834, Russian Railways
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ČME3Т-5871, Georgian Railway
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TEM2-5894 and ČME3Т-5790, Kazakhstan Temir Joly
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ČME3-6273, Kazakhstan Temir Joly
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ČME3Т-6406, Ukrainian Railways
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ČME3-6729, Russian Railways
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ČME3E-6745, Lithuanian Railways
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ČME3E-6749, Russian Railways
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ČME3E-6749 and ČME3Т-6909, Russian Railways
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ČME3/T669, Hekurudha Shqiptare
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DES 3100, Iraqi Republic Railways
References
Sources
- "Řada 770 (T669.0), 770.5,6 (T 669.05), 770.8 (T 669.5), "Čmelák" - Motorové lokomotivy - Atlas lokomotiv", www.zelpage.cz (in Czech), archived from the original on 2013-10-07, retrieved 2012-06-23
- Харьков транспортный. Ж.д. транспорт. Подвижной состав. Маневровые тепловозы ЧМЭ3 и их модификации, gortransport.kharkov.ua (in Russian)
- "Lokomotivní řady 770 (T 669.0), 771 (T 669.1) - Atlas Lokomotiv", www.atlaslokomotiv.net (in Czech)
- "ŠESTINÁPRAVOVÉ MOTOROVÉ LOKOMOTIVY ČKD Có Có 1 000 kW", www.skd.cz (in Czech), SKD TRADE, a.s., archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2012-06-23, English-language version Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- "770 (T 669.0) Class Locomotive", www.skd.cz (in Czech), SKD TRADE, a.s., archived from the original on 2016-03-03, retrieved 2012-06-23, English-language version Archived 2016-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ""Grerëza" T669", www.t699.net (in Albanian), archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2012-06-23
- "S200", www.locomotives.com.pl
- Andreas Grießing, T669-Site: T669 & Co
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