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KTM Class 29
🇨🇳 China ·built by CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.· from 2005· class of Chinese diesel electric locomotives
what is it?
The KTM Class 29 is a class of mainline diesel electric locomotives built in China by Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company for operations by Keretapi Tanah Melayu of Malaysia on its freight services.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.7 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
- 2005
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- builders
- CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu
- top speed
- 121 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 20.7 m
- weight
- 120 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6338930, Wikipedia: KTM Class 29 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.