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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. D12E-643 Loco HN Stn: skyfish81· CC BY 2.0
- 2. HanoiGare: BluesyPete· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 2013-07-15 D12E-647, Ga Ha Noi(Hanoi Station)ハノイ駅 DSCF9428: 松岡明芳· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 2013-07-15 D12E-647,Ga Ha Noi(Hanoi Station)ハノイ駅 DSCF9426: 松岡明芳· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 2013-07-15 D12E-647,Ga Ha Noi(Hanoi Station)ハノイ駅 DSCF9427: 松岡明芳· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. D12e-625: Hippovinhquynh· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Máy Tiệp ( D12E) là máy dồn chủ lực của ga: Anh Đức HRT· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The D12E is a diesel locomotive and currently used on Vietnam Railways network.
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 40 years ago, in 1986.
- 736 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 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
- 1986
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- builders
- ČKD
- operators
- Vietnam Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 736 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 56 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18228413, Wikipedia: D12E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.