1061

In the mid 50s, the Yugoslavian Railways had 17 old electric locomotives (16 in Ljubljana and 1 in Zagreb) obtained from Italy as a war reparation (all of them were from the 361 FS E626 series), and a newly acquired 341 locomotive of French production (in Zagreb). At the time, the Zagreb - Rijeka line was being electrified with the 3000V= current, and the need for new locomotives arose. In the late 50s, the JŽ decides to buy Italian locomotives from ANSALDO company.

Locomotive 1061 is a 6-axle articulated locomotive from ANSALDO factory from Genova. The JŽ bought 50 locomotives of this type in the early 60s. Although the case of the locomotive is identical to the one of the Italian locomotive E636, locomotive 1061 is actually developed from a newer type - the Italian locomotive 646. The foreseries of locomotives E646 had a case identical to locomotive 636, and locomotive 1061, especially designed for the JŽ, was developed from the foreseries of locomotive 646.

Locomotives 1061 were delivered between 1960 and 1964 (numbers 001 to 019) and between 1968 and 1969 (numbers 101 to 110). Some improvements were introduced for the subseries 1 as a result of the exploitation of the subseries 0. Since the delivery of the first subseries was late, the Italian Railways lent to the JŽ 6 locomotives 361 to operate on the newly electrified line. From the early 60s till the mid 80s, locomotives from the series 1061 accounted for the most of the hauling equipment on the Rijeka line. Since there has been a change of current on the section Zagreb - Moravice, these locomotives are presently used for hauling trains between Rijeka and Moravice (also on the freight line to Bakar) and between Rijeka and Šapjane, i.e. Ilirska Bistrica (in Slovenia). In the former Yugoslavia, these locomotives were operating on the (Ljubljana) Ilirska Bistrica - Rijeka line.

In the late 80s, two damaged locomotives (362 003 and 362 106) were converted into locomotives for the current of 25kV and 50Hz (JŽ 462 - HŽ 1161).

Electric parts manufacturer	Ansaldo-Breda (Italy)
Mechanical parts manufacturer	OMFP (Italy)
Build	1960 - 1969
No build (total)	cca 250 (FS 199, SZ 21, HZ 29)
No build (for HŽ)	29 (+ 4 units from SŽ)
In service	units 001-019, from 1960/11/21 to 1964 ; units 101-110, from 1968/06/27 to 1969
Class id	1061 0 and 1061 1
Class id (JŽ)	362 0 and 362 1
Numbering	1061 001 - 1061 023; 1061 101 - 109
No of units in HŽ	23
In service (active)	19
Withdrawn	1061 008 (1999.); 1061 009 (1994.); 1061 010 (1997.); 1061 017 (1996.); more withdrawn units in ex-JZ
Rebuilding	362 106 (JŽ numbering) rebuild to 1161 001 (25 kV 50 Hz locomotive); 362 003 (JŽ numbering) rebuild to 1161 002; 1061 005, 1061 007 and 1061 016 has different cab; 1061 021 is rebuild to thyristor locomotive
Cab(s)	2
Cab comfort equipment	air conditioning
Pantograph(s)	2

Wheel arrangement	Bo'Bo'Bo'
Gauge	1435 mm
Power supply	3000 V=
Tot weight	108 t
Max axle weight	18 t
Max power	2640 kW (3590 hp)
Tractive effort	360 kN
Max speed	120 km/h
Electric traction motor	440 kW, 310 A, 3000/2 V
Motor generator - alternator	AC 140/21: 70 kW, 106 A, 380 V, 50 Hz Ak 200/4c: 65 kW, 24.5 A, 3000 V
Motor ventilator	Marelli / Končar: 1.1 kW, 3.1 A, 380 V V. M. Aeroto: 3 kW, 7.1 A, 380 V
Motor compressor	163/4: 8.8 kW, 68 A, 42 V
Incitator	2.85 kW, 68 A, 42 V
Compressor	Westinghouse MT 241
Auxiliary compressor	Ambrosiani F-6

You can observe the HŽ 1061 series engines on (Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia) — Šapjane — Rijeka — Škrljevo — Moravice line, and on Škrljevo — Bakar freight line. Since this is the sole HŽ locomotive series powered at 3,000 V DC, it is the only which can be seen on the lines mentioned. All Croatian units of the series have been repainted to blue-silver livery and assigned the new serial numbers. However, Slovenian railways own identical locomotives (save subclass 100) still carrying the old numeration (SŽ 362) and the original yellow livery with three black stripes.

	1161 0	1161 1
Length incl. buffers	18400 mm	19440 mm
Boggy center distance	5250 mm
Wheel diam.	1250 mm