Three such locomotives were briefly rented to the Croatian Railways between 1995 and 1996 and were given the designation HŽ series 1081 there.

[1] ET41 is a modification of the EU07 locomotive, and was designed for the purpose of heavy cargo transport.

[2] ET41 are mainly used for coal transport from Upper Silesia to the ports of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Szczecin.

[citation needed] In 2016, PKP Cargo decided to send some ET41 locomotives for major repair and modernization to Ostrów Wielkopolski.

The locomotives received overhauled electrical equipment, bogies, and traction motors, as well as revamped driver's cabs.