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- 1. Wagon Pars co- Arak .Iran: Hamid Hajihusseini· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The AD43C is a type of mainline 6 axle Co'Co' diesel locomotive designed by Alstom and used by the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI). It was in production from 2000. Delivery started in 2002.
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
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 3.2 MW is about 37 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.5 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 100
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Alstom, Ruston & Hornsby, DESA, Wagon Pars
- designer
- Alstom
- operators
- Islamic Republic of Iran Railways
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- 3.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co´Co'
- length
- 21.5 m
- weight
- 123 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6067333, Wikipedia: Iranian Railways AD43C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.