PKP class SU45

SU45

SU45 locomotive
Power type	Diesel
Builder	Cegielski
Build date	1970-76
AAR wheel arr.	Co-Co
Gauge	1435 mm
Driver size	1100 mm
Length	18990 mm
Width	3900 mm
Total weight	102 t
Fuel capacity	3200 l.
Engine type	LCP-400
Cylinders	12
Transmission	Electric
Top speed	130 km/h
Power output	1250 kW
Tractive effort	319 kN
Locomotive brakes	Oerlikon
Career	PKP
Class	ST44

SU45 is the name for a Polish diesel locomotive. It had been made for universal use: heavy transport or passenger transport alike.

History

This locomotive is in fact a SP45 with a modified heating system - a steam boiler was replaced by an electric heating system.

Production

Locomotives numbers	Producer	Production years	Quantity
001 - 268	modification of SP45	1987 - 1998	191

Locomotive assignment

Locomotives numbers	Operator	Remarks
018, 023, 027, 030, 045, 060, 062, 100, 101, 130, 134, 136, 137, 159, 164, 165, 184, 206, 209, 224, 230, 231, 236, 242, 243, 244, 249, 250	Białystok
021, 034, 082, 111, 121, 123, 129, 131, 141, 156, 166, 168, 170, 178, 185, 190, 204, 208, 210, 215, 238, 257, 263	Bydgoszcz
044, 069, 073, 074, 083, 099, 173, 202, 239, 255	Czerwieńsk
006, 057, 071, 079, 113, 114, 115, 116, 122, 145, 152, 161, 179, 182, 197, 256	Gdynia
010, 067, 080, 089, 109, 126, 135, 151, 172, 192, 201, 212, 228	Lublin
154	Nowy Sącz
017, 022, 028, 054, 056, 061, 066, 070, 078, 095, 112, 138, 162, 191, 194, 207, 211, 213, 225	Olsztyn
048, 077, 092, 096, 097, 098, 125, 143, 147, 174, 175, 183, 187, 195, 196, 198, 205, 220, 246, 247, 254	Poznań
090, 105, 106, 107, 108, 117, 118, 128, 132, 189, 217, 218, 221, 227, 240, 241, 245, 253, 260, 264	Szczecin
011, 036, 052, 064, 180, 214	Wrocław

Nicknames

These locos used to be called by the following names:

• Fiat - because of the diesel engine licensed by Fiat
• Suka (eng. bitch) - from the two first letters of the code name

Resources

• Modern Locos Gallery
• Rail Service
• Mikoleje
• Chabówka Rail Museum

See also

• Polish locomotives designation