The Soviet-made ET42 is PKP’s (Polish National Railways) most powerful standard gauge electric freight locomotive. Due to its provenance it is often referred to by its nickname of Rusek (Polish derogatory word for a native of Russia) or Czapajew (Chapayev) (Russian: Чапаев).
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