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Brookville BL12CG
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Brookville Equipment· from 2015· 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive
what is it?
The Brookville BL12CG is a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by the Brookville Equipment Corporation. The locomotive is designed to meet Tier 4 emissions standards. The first two were delivered to the Central California Traction Company in April 2015.
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 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 895 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2015
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Brookville Equipment
- operators
- Central California Traction Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- 895 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- weight
- 120 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q20646972, Wikipedia: Brookville BL12CG (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.