Locomotive 664-118 – “REAGAN”

About the sound

Assembled under a General Motors (GM) licence by Đuro Đaković, Slavonski Brod (former Yugoslavia, present day Croatia). Type 664 locomotives were supplied to Slovenia during 1984-86; a total of twenty locomotives were delivered to Maribor (11) and Divača (9).
Locomotive 664-118 is one of the Divača locomotives and used around Nova Gorica and railway lines in the Štajerska region and between Sežana and Jesenice. It was nicknamed "Reagan” because it was assembled and supplied in the period of Ronald Reagan's presidency in the USA.

Technical specifications:
Six-axle (Co-Co) diesel-electric locomotive
Diesel engine output: 1,640kW
Maximum towing power: 1.490kW
Maximum speed: 105km/h
Weight: 113t
Fuel capacity: 4,540L
Length between buffers: 19.3m
Axle load: 18.8t/axle
Crew: two (engine driver and assistant)


Sound recordist: Boštjan Troha
Video Recordist: Barbara Grilc
Photographer: Veronika Štampfl