ChS2

Specifications
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	Pantograph

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Škoda Works
Build date	1958-1976
Number rebuilt	ChS2 and ChS2K - 942; ChS2T - 120

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ChS2
	Locomotive ChS2-095 at Dnipro-Vantazhny railway station, Ukraine
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	Škoda Works
Build date	1958-1976
Number rebuilt	ChS2 and ChS2K - 942; ChS2T - 120
Gauge
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	Pantograph
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Operators
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. and the locomotive get their nickname, Cheburashka, the oversized ears of the popular Soviet animated character of the same name

Power typeElectric

BuilderŠkoda Works

Build date1958-1976

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