Kosovo Train for Life

Kosovo Train for Life
Class 20 locomotive on arrival carrying "Kosovo Train for Life" headboard
In service17–27 September 1999
Operators79 Railway Squadron RLC
Lines servedMR, RT, CT, RFF, SNCB, DB, ČD, ŽSR, MÁV, CFR, BDŽ, , UNMIK Railways
Specifications
Maximum speed50 to 100 km/h
31 to 62 mph
Weight740 tonnes
AAR wheel arrangementBo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo'+...
Braking system(s)Manual railway air brake
Coupling systemBuffers and chain coupler
Multiple working Blue Star (Class 20s)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge

The Kosovo Train for Life carried aid from the United Kingdom to Pristina, Kosovo, in September 1999 in connection with the United Nations Kosovo Force (KFOR) peacekeeping efforts after the Kosovo War.[1]

  1. ^ Flowers, Andy (4 January 2001). "Class 20s to Kosovo!". Archived from the original on 19 February 2001.