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Rz

Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	ASEA
Build date	1982
Total produced	1

Specifications
Configuration:
• UIC	Bo′Bo′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length	15,520 mm (50 ft 11 in)
Loco weight	81 tonnes (80 long tons; 89 short tons)
Electric system/s	15 kV 16.7 Hz AC catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph

Performance figures
Maximum speed	160 km/h (99 mph)
Power output	4,000 kW (5,400 hp)

Rz was an electric locomotive built by ASEA to test out asynchronous motors. It was built in 1982 and closely related to the Rc-series. It was test run until 1989 on Siljansbanan, but there was never any mass production of it.