MÁV Class V63


The MÁV Class V63 "Gigant" series are made by Ganz for MÁV to haul heavy freight and passenger trains with high tractive effort. This is the most powerful type of locomotive that have been made in Hungary.

History

The first and second prototype units were delivered in 1975. Both of these prototype units used electrical equipment from Western Europe while the later units used exclusively Hungarian made equipment. The null-series were delivered between 1980 and 1981.
From 1984 the new units have been equipped with new bogies with better running performance licensed from Krupp. In total, 56 units have been delivered to MÁV. Of these, 51 units are still running.
In 1992 10 units got a modified transmission to be able to reach a speed of.
In 2006, the V63 048, V63 138, V63 151 were equipped with ETCS, for testing purposes.