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Common Russian Electrical Locomotives

The Skoda type Chs2 on the right in the picture seems to be everywhere in Russian railroading. A heavy weight champion well suited for pulling at moderate speed the long passenger trains of Russia. Here the Chs2T number 1041 is seen at Moscowskaya station in St Petersburg and has just brought a heavy passenger trains to its end station. On the left a more modern Chs7 sister loco of Skoda as well is is similar assignments.

Look at the picture below. A railfan engineer taking a picture of the railfans on the platform!

Chs4tnumber668 somewhere in Siberia, Russia

The Chs4T shares the design similarities with the type Chs2. Here the units 668 is seen in the middle of the February coldness in Siberia. Pictures by Juha Ojaluoma.

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