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ABB ALP-44
🇺🇸 United States ·built by ABB Group· from 1989· Swedish/US electric locomotive class
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SEPTA 2308: The Port of Authority at English Wikipedia· CC BY 3.0
- 2. NJT ALP-44: Phil Gengler· CC BY 2.5
- 3. ALP-44 IMG 1573: Phil Gengler· CC BY 2.5
- 4. Alp44m4424: Ao7807· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. NJ Transit ABB ALP-44M 4430: Adam E. Moreira· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. SEPTA ALP44 2308: Zb de 110· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The ABB ALP-44 was an electric locomotive which was built by Asea Brown Boveri of Sweden between 1989 and 1997 for the New Jersey Transit and SEPTA railway lines.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 37 years ago, in 1989.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 5.2 MW is about 61 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 16 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Served for 28 years (1990–2018).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989–1997
- in service from
- 1990
- retired
- 2018
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 33
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- ABB Group
- operators
- New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, SEPTA Regional Rail
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- power
- 5.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system, 12 kV 25 Hz AC, 25 kV AC railway electrification#12.5 kV AC at 60 Hz, 12.5 kV 60 Hz AC, 25 kV AC rail…
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- weight
- 93.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1973135, Wikipedia: ABB ALP-44 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.