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OSE Class 220
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Adtranz· from 1997· class of 36 Greek diesel-electric locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. J26 430 Bf Kalambáka, 220 018: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. OSE 220 023 Aggeie: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. OSE 220 029 Kifera: Kabelleger / David Gubler· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The OSE class 220, also known as DE2000 or Marlboro, due to the coloring of the front, reminiscent of the packaging colors of the homonymous tobacco industry, is a series of diesel-electric locomotives operated by TRAINOSE and RCLG and is part of the OSE fleet. It was built in 1998 at the ADTranz (and later Bombardier) factories in Kassel, Germany, as the A.471 series, but in 2003 OSE acquired another batch. The locomotives were put into operation by OSE after the completion of their construction.
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 29 years ago, in 1997.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 2.1 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1997–2004
- in service from
- 1998
- number built
- 36
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Hellenic Train, Hellenic Railways Organisation
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 2.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- AC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo' Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q22811969, Wikipedia: OSE Class 220 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.