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Alstom PL42AC
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Alstom· from 2003· model of diesel-electric locomotives built by Alstom
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NJT PL42AC at Hoboken Terminal: Phil Gengler· CC BY 2.5
- 2. PL42AC Convent Station: Fan Railer· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Alstom PL42AC is a class of four axle B-B diesel-electric locomotive designed by Alstom in association with GM-EMD. 33 were built between 2003 and 2006 for NJ Transit Rail Operations.
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 23 years ago, in 2003.
- 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.
- 3.1 MW is about 37 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21 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
- 2003–2006
- number built
- 33
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, New Jersey Transit
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 3.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 21 m
- weight
- 130 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7119558, Wikipedia: Alstom PL42AC (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.