E43001 to E43045
- Axle: Bo'Bo'Bo'
- Total quantity: 45
- First year: 1987
- Manufacturer: Tülomsas / Toshiba
Main characteristics
E43040 heavily damaged in an accident near Bilecik on 27 August 2009.
| Power rating (KW): | 3180 |
| Power Supply: | 25 KV, 50Hz |
| Weight: | 120 t |
| Max Tractive effort: | 275 KN |
| Max speed: | Low gear :90 Km/h High gear : 120 Km / h |
Sound
E43041 entering Polcatli staion. 2006. Recording Phil Wormald,
Liveries
The E43000 have two liveries:
- The original livery is white with two tone blue decoration
- The new livery is white with red and blue decoration
In addition to the decoration, the loco doors can be white or red, indicating the gearing of the loco (white for low gear, red for high gear).
Original livery
Original livery, with red door variant
New livery with blue & red decoration
Pictures
E43000, Ankara station, September 1998. Photo JP Charrey | 
E43015, Ankara Marsandiz, November 2003. Photo JP Charrey |
E43000 leading the Bogazici Express out of Bostanci station to Haydarpasa, march 2001. Photo Gökçe Aydin | 
E43007 ready to depart from Haydarpasa, March 2001. Photo Gökçe Aydin |
E43023 at Sirkeci. 1999. Photo Malcolm Peakman | 
E43045 newly arrived at Haydarpasa with the sleeping car express from Ankara. The loco had just been put in service. It had waited in Eskisehir shops for several years for replacement parts from Japan following a warehouse fire in the customs depot in Istanbul. 1997. Photo Malcolm Peakman |
E43012, 3-12-2004, Istanbul Haydarpaşa. Photo & copyright Graham Williams | 
E43018, 2-12-2004, Ankara Station. Photo & copyright Graham Williams |
E43036 on Istanbul Express, 2-12-04, Ankara Station. Photo & copyright Graham Williams | 
E43036 cabside, 2-12-2004, Ankara Station. Photo & copyright Graham Williams |
E43036 arriving from Ankara. 3-12-04. Istanbul Haydarpaşa. Photo & copyright Graham Williams |
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