006 - Electric Locomotive No. 6 – “Elektrikkraavtstanito Nmr. 3” (Electric Power Station No. 3)
Built: 1958 Class/serial no.: Voltaa/VZ672803E Length: 19m Weight: 95 tonnes Power: 900kW Max speed: 135 kph As the 1970s turned to the 1980s, our rolling stock became a laughing stock to our neighbours in the West. The state lacked funds to replace older units and so some of our locomotives were forty or more years old. Electric Locomotive No. 6, “Electric Power Station No. 3” is a case in point, an item of railway archaeology. Can you imagine such a state of affairs being t
004 - Electric Locomotive No. 4 “Jaan-Kennitt Galbrajtt”
Built: 1968 Class/serial no.: Valtikk /BZ447317E Length: 19m Weight: 85 tonnes Power: 1250kW Max speed: 145 kph
By convention, locomotives have often been named after leading figures in the life of our country – politicians, thinkers and artists. And so among the withdrawn stock may be found “Jds Jaanus Skiinoorii”, “Prv Magnuus Luudokvist” and “Avguust Torssens” (all long since broken up for scrap). Unusually, No. 4 Locomotive commemorates a figure born beyond the borders o
