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2TE25K
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Bryansk Machine-Building Plant· from 2005· Russian diesel-electric locomotive
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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2ТЭ25К-0007: 6yxouPUSHKIN· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 3TE25K2M-0001: Трансмашхолдинг· Attribution
- 3. 2TE25K-0001 in Kursk: Mehanik75· CC BY 4.0
- 4. 2TE25K-0001: Трансмашхолдинг· Attribution
- 5. 2ТЭ25К-0003 (cropped): 6yxouPUSHKIN· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. 2ТЭ25К-0003: 6yxouPUSHKIN· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Diesel locomotive 2TE25K: Sergeev Pavel· Public domain
what is it?
The 2TE25K is a main line two-unit diesel-electric locomotive, rated at 5,000 kW (6,705 hp). It is equipped with AC/DC transmission and is designed to haul freight trains on the Russian Federation lines RZD on the broad gauge. 2TE25K diesel locomotive has been used as the basis of the 2TE25A class main line two-unit diesel freight locomotive of the same power rating and featuring AC/AC transmission and collector traction motors.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- 9.3 MW is about 109 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 24 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2005–2022
- number built
- 220
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Bryansk Machine-Building Plant
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 9.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co+Co-Co(for 2TE25K2M)
- weight
- 144 t
- nicknames
- Peresvet
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4030639, Wikipedia: 2TE25K (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.