The TCDD E43000 is a twin-cab, six-axle Bo-Bo-Bo electric locomotive used by the Turkish State Railways and now by TCDD Taşımacılık in Turkey. Toshiba designed it, basing it on the Japanese JNR Class EF63 that Toshiba also built. In 1987 the Turkish State Railways ordered a locomotive from Toshiba, which built one and sent it to Turkey, and after a licensing agreement TÜLOMSAŞ built 44 more at its Eskişehir shops. The class entered service on the Istanbul to Ankara railway in 1989, and from 1994 it hauled iron ore between Divriği and İskenderun, later also working the European mainline from Istanbul to Edirne. Railfans nickname the locomotives Toshibas after their designer. In 2017 fifteen were leased to Omsan Lojistik, and today they mostly haul heavy ore trains.
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Source TCDD E 43000 (Wikipedia)History, 1987 orderQuote, History, 1987 order
In 1987 the Turkish State Railways ordered an electric locomotive from Toshiba, which built one model and sent it to Turkey
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used previously by the Turkish State Railways and currently by TCDD Taşımacılık in Turkey
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The locomotives entered service on the Istanbul-Ankara railway in 1989, when electrification was extended from Arifiye to Eskişehir.
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twin-cab six-axle Bo-Bo-Bo electric locomotive
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twin-cab six-axle Bo-Bo-Bo electric locomotive
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used previously by the Turkish State Railways and currently by TCDD Taşımacılık in Turkey
History, 1987 order
In 1987 the Turkish State Railways ordered an electric locomotive from Toshiba, which built one model and sent it to Turkey
Lead, use in Turkey
used previously by the Turkish State Railways and currently by TCDD Taşımacılık in Turkey
Of Make: Toshiba, Lead, designer
The locomotives were designed by Toshiba and built by TÜLOMSAŞ at their Eskişehir shops.
Exemplifies: Rail Transport, History, Istanbul-Ankara railway
The locomotives entered service on the Istanbul-Ankara railway in 1989, when electrification was extended from Arifiye to Eskişehir.
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