JŽ series 341

JŽ 341

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Alstom
Build date	1955/12/01

Specifications
AAR wheel arr	Bo'Bo'
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge
Length	16 m (52 ft 5.9 in)
Loco weight	80 t (79 long tons; 88 short tons)
Electric system(s)	3,000 V DC Catenary
Current collection	Pantograph

Performance figures
Maximum speed	95 km/h (59 mph)
Power output	1,375 kW (1,844 hp)

Career
Numbers	341
Nicknames	"Marijana"
Locale	Croatia

The single locomotive designated JŽ 341 is a curiosity.

It was originally designed for hauling freight and passenger-trains on the then new mountain part of the electrified Rijeka mainline. When it was found out, that the axle pressure was high (20 t), further orders were abandoned. The maintenance and usage of this locomotive caused troubles in that there was only one unit of this type. The production and holding of spare parts was uneconomic.

The final years of this locomotive were used in banking freight traffic over the very hilly and difficult Rijeka-Zagreb line between Fužine and Lokve.

The end of useful life commenced in May 1986.

Photographs of this locomotive are very rare.

External links

341 at railfaneurope.net

Rolling stock of the Yugoslav Railways

Steam locomotives	JŽ 05 JŽ 06 JŽ 11 JŽ 18 JŽ 22 JŽ 25 JŽ 28 JŽ 30 JŽ 32 JŽ 33 JŽ 37 JŽ 38 JŽ 51 JŽ 62 JŽ 73 JŽ 83 JŽ 85 JŽ 114 JŽ 116 JŽ 118 JŽ 125 JŽ 151 JŽ 153

Electric locomotives	JŽ 341 JŽ 342 JŽ 361 JŽ 362 JŽ 363 JŽ 441 JŽ 442 JŽ 443 JŽ 444 JŽ 461 JŽ 462

Diesel locomotives	JŽ 641 JŽ 642 JŽ 643 JŽ 644 JŽ 645 JŽ 646 JŽ 661 JŽ 662 JŽ 663 JŽ 664 JŽ 665 JŽ 666 JŽ 667 JŽ 720 JŽ 731 JŽ 732 JŽ 733 JŽ 734 JŽ 741 JŽ 742 JŽ 743 JŽ 744 JŽ 761

Electric multiple units	JŽ 310 JŽ 311 JŽ 312 JŽ 314 JŽ 410 JŽ 411 JŽ 412

Diesel multiple units	JŽ 610 JŽ 611 JŽ 710 JŽ 711 JŽ 712 JŽ 713 JŽ 801 JŽ 802 JŽ 811 JŽ 812

Works vehicles	JŽ 813

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