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- 1. TRA R171 at Sincheng Taroko Station 20080917: peace· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. TRA R153 2023: ChS&Rh· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Belgrano cargas esquema amarillo: Casa Rosada· CC BY 2.5 ar
- 4. Belgrano cargas tren delviso: Jose Carrizo· CC BY 2.0
- 5. Belgrano Norte Line: Pablo E. Saibene· CC0
- 6. Belgrano-6: Presidencia de la Nacion· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Ferrovias en carapachay: Jose Carrizo· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Estación Presidente Illia - Ferrocarril Belgrano Sur 01: Frodar· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The EMD G22CU is a metre gauge diesel–electric locomotive designed and built by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. It was manufactured by several licensees, and exported to many countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Iran, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Korea, Yugoslavia and Taiwan (ROC) (countries with more than 20 units).
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
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.5 m long: about 3 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
- 24
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- builders
- Astarsa, Đuro Đaković, Henschel & Sohn, Stadler Rail Valencia, Nydqvist och Holm AB, Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
- length
- 15.5 m
- weight
- 92 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5323416, Wikipedia: EMD G22CU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.