ESS_3200_class
ESS 3200 class
Dutch East Indies/Indonesian locomotives
The ESS 3200 was a class of electric locomotives built for the Staatsspoorwegen, the State Railway of Dutch East Indies (modern day Indonesia).
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This electric locomotive class was first used on 6 April 1925, which also was the inauguration of the first electrified rail line in Java from Tanjung Priok to Meester Cornelis (modern day Jatinegara).[1]
The locomotives of this class were in service until 1976. They were of the 1-Bo+Bo-1 wheel-type, used a 1,500 V DC overhead catenary, producing 765 kilowatts (1,026 hp). They were built by the Werkspoor using Baldwin equipment, and had Heemaf / Westinghouse electric motors.[2] Six locomotives were built for the line.[3] Although the 1,500 V DC system was the most popular of the 1920s, Baldwin-Westinghouse were better known for their AC electric locomotives.