Newag Griffin

In September 2010, the Newag Gliwice company in Poland began works on the universal electric locomotive platform Elephant. To the series the two following versions were in progress:

• E4ACU with a universal maximum speed of 140 km/h used for regional passenger transportation and cargo.
• E4ACP a passenger locomotive with a maximum speed of 200 km/h.[2]

The four-axle locomotives were to supplement the company's offer, and their multi system would allow them for international passenger transportation including for European nations.

In January 2011 the project works by the company EC Engineering planned to produce four different versions of the locomotive:

• E4DCU is a universal locomotive, with the supply voltage of 3 kV DC, with a maximum speed of 160 km/h.
• E4DCP is a passenger locomotive, with the supply voltage of 3 kV DC, with a maximum speed of 200 km/h.
• E4MSU is a universal locomotive, with the supply voltage of 3 kV DC, 15 kV AC and 25 kV AC, with a maximum speed of 160 km/h.
• E4MSP is a passenger locomotive, with a supply voltage of 3 kV DC, 15 kV AC and 25 kV AC, with a maximum speed of 200 km/h.[3]

The Newag Gliwice company were planning to produce the E4MSU version first, which was to be tested in the third quarter of 2012.

In March 2011 the works on the universal version were in their final stages and the premier was planned in the autumn of 2011 during the Trako Trade Fair in Gdańsk. The presentation did not occur, as the project works continued and the premier was planned for 2012.

The Newag Griffin during InnoTrans Trade Fair in 2012.

The Newag Griffin during Trako Trade Fair in 2013.

On 18 September 2012 at the InnoTrans Trade Fair in Berlin the E4MSU locomotive had been premiered. At the end of April 2013 the locomotive was transported to the experimental track near Żmigród.[4] Railway Institute where the testing on the locomotive began. On the 16 May 2013 locomotive together with two carriages began being used PKP Intercity[5] in Nowy Sacz, and in the following days the locomotive was tested at the Olsztyn - Nidzica railway line (where the turning of the locomotive was tested).[6] The locomotive returned to the south of the country of Poland, where at the beginning of June 2013 had passed the static tests at the Kraków[7] Railway Institute, then the locomotive went to Żmigród. On the 18 July 2013 to the 31 July 2013 PKP Cargo and conducted a driving test which is necessary to obtain a certificate of release to service the locomotive. On the 28 May 2014 the Newag company signed and contract with Đuro Đaković Specijalna Vozila as an agreement covering the joint construction of the electric locomotive E4ACU type, which included technology transfer and exchange of experience in the production of electric locomotives.[8]

The Driver's Cabin.

The driver's cabin is for two drivers. In each of them there are two independent panels to display the drive parameters, diagnostics and event recorder with a speedometer function. The two module driver's cabin is equipped with climate control and rear-view mirrors with a monitor for four cameras. The cabin is in accordance with the EN 1527 standard.[9]