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Belarusian Railway BCG-1
🇧🇾 Belarus ·built by CRRC Datong Co., Ltd.· from 2012· class of Belarusian electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. БКГ1-012: Neu-Zwei· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Bkg1 001 002: CaterpillarOfDeath· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Belarusian Railways BCG-1, originally Belarusian Railways BKG-1 (БКГ : Белорусско-Китайский Грузовой), is a type of twin-unit, eight axle, (Bo'Bo')-(Bo'Bo'), high power mainline electric freight locomotive manufactured by CNR Datong Electric Locomotive for the Belarusian Railway. The locomotives are derived from the China Railways HXD2 locomotive type developed from the Alstom Prima locomotive platform.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 9.6 MW is about 113 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- builders
- CRRC Datong Co., Ltd., Knorr-Bremse
- operators
- Belarusian Railway
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 9.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (Bo'Bo')-(Bo'Bo')
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q787248, Wikipedia: Belarusian Railway BCG-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.