V43 class Si rectifier electric locomotive<br>
U: 16 or 25kV 50Hz<br>
P: 2.2 MW<br>
total length: 15700mm<br>
m: 80t<br>
vmax: 130 km/h<br>
prototype built: 1963, designed by various European & American companies
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V43s were built until 1982 by Ganz-MAVAG, presently there are 365 of them
in service at MAV. (One of them was equipped with thyristors for
experimental purpose before designing the V63 thyristor loco in the 70s.)
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Zsolt Kemeny (Galaxy GFX) <s5893kem@sun10.vsz.bme.hu>