Tungt och Starkt Polskt PKP Diesel-Elektriskt lok ST44 DC Digitalt med Ljud, H0 med 5 polig motor
The Polish State Railways PKP purchased the
six-axle diesel-electric locomotives of the series
M62 (as a variant) from the Soviet Locomotive
Works Luhansk as well and classified them
as ST44 for the freight train service into its
vehicle fleet. The delivery of the ST44 began
in 1966 and was continued until 1988. In
total, 1,113 standardgauge locomotives were
put into service. The maximum speed of the
brawny locomotive is 100 km/h. Due to the
classification into the mere freight locomotive,
a train heater was not provided.
The large headlights of the Polish ST44, which
give the locomotive an independent face, are
particularly striking.
Today, the majority of the quite young series
ST44 has already been taken out of service;
however, a few locomotives were modernised
and can still be found in operational service at
present. The first delivered locomotive
ST44-001 became a museum locomotive that
can currently be found in the Warsaw Railroad
Museum.
