ChS2 [1]
Locomotive ChS2-366 at Simferopol railway station, Ukraine
Type and origin Power type Electric Builder Škoda Works Build date 1958-1976 Number rebuilt ChS2 and ChS2K - 942 ChS2T - 120
Specifications Gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft) 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge Electric system/s 3 kV DC Catenary Current pickup(s) Pantograph
Performance figures Maximum speed 160 km/h (99 mph)
Career Operators РЖД (RZhD), УЗ (UZ) Locale Russia Soviet Union Ukraine

The ChS2 Russian: ЧС2 is an electric mainline DC passenger locomotive used in Russia and Ukraine. It was manufactured by the Škoda Works in Czechoslovakia between 1958 and 1973.

Gallery

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  ChS2-023 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg
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  ChS2-023 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg
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  ChS2-023 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg
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  ChS2-023 at the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation, at Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St. Petersburg

See also

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• The Museum of the Moscow Railway, at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
• Rizhsky Rail Terminal, Moscow, Home of the Moscow Railway Museum
• Varshavsky Rail Terminal, St.Petersburg, Home of the Central Museum of Railway Transport, Russian Federation
• History of rail transport in Russia

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