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CSR SDD7
🇦🇷 Argentina ·built by CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.· from 2013· Argentine diesel-electric locomotive
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sdd7 b956 03 cabred: ProfesorFavalli· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. San Martin Line CSR SDD7: Pablo E. Saibene· No restrictions
- 3. Sdd7 b970 01: ProfesorFavalli· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The CSR SDD7 is a 2,249 hp diesel-electric locomotive manufactured by CSR Corporation Limited from 2013 onwards for use in Argentina by Trenes Argentinos, a subsidiary of Ferrocarriles Argentinos S.E. On the San Martín Line in Buenos Aires Province, 24 of these locomotives are used, making up the entire rolling stock of the commuter rail line.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- 1.7 MW is about 20 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2013
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- builders
- CRRC Qishuyan Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Trenes Argentinos, Trenes Argentinos Operaciones
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 114 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16592354, Wikipedia: CSR SDD7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.