Austrian Electric 1042 050-3 at Worgl

1042 050-3 at Worgl

ÖBB 1042 Electric Locomotive. Class 1042 were built from 1963 until 1977. These are Bo-Bo locomotives rated at 3260 kW, 4370 hp and have a top speed of 130 km/h, 80 mph. They weigh 84 metric tonnes, 92.6 US tons.
This locomotive was built by SGP in Florisdorf (serial number 18277) in March 1966 as 1042.44, then in January 1968 renumbered to 1042.50 to eventually become 1042 050-3

1042 050-3 at Wörgl with a train of Slovak couchettes and military vehicles on flat cars. After a short stop it continued on its way using the line towards Zell am see. Photographed on Thursday September 30th, 2004.

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