Brookville BL36PH

what is it?

The Brookville BL36PH is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by Brookville Equipment for commuter rail service. It has an MTU 20V4000 V20 engine rated at 3,619 horsepower (2,699 kW) and meets EPA Tier 3 emissions standards. It was the first North American passenger locomotive to feature a 20-cylinder engine since EMD's SDP45 and FP45 models from the 1960s.

base stats

• speed 132 km/htop speed
• power 2.7 MWpower output
• weight 131 tin working order
• built 12made in total

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.
• 🚗2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏20.4 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

2012

number built

12

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Brookville Equipment

top speed

132 km/h

power

2.7 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo'Bo'

length

20.4 m

weight

131 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.