#5652
Bangladesh Railway Class 6500
🇧🇩 Bangladesh ·built by Banaras Locomotive Works· from 2012· Class of diesel locomotives of Bangladesh
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what is it?
Bangladesh Railway Class 6500 is a class of 1,676 mm gauge diesel-electric locomotives owned by Bangladesh Railway. There are 56 locomotives of this class, all manufactured by the Banaras Locomotive Works of India. All locomotives of this class are in service.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 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
- 2012–2014
- status
- in service
- number built
- 56
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- builders
- Banaras Locomotive Works
- operators
- Bangladesh Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q93771896, Wikipedia: Bangladesh Railway Class 6500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.