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CSR Ziyang SDA1
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd.· from 2012· high-powered diesel-electric locomotive
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CSR007 North Quay, 2015: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. CSR004 + train Victoria Quay, 2017: Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. SDA1 AUS: Jjpryma· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The CSR Ziyang SDA1 is a high-powered diesel-electric locomotive manufactured by CRRC Ziyang, China in association with MTU Friedrichshafen, for use in Australia.
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.
- 3.2 MW is about 37 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.1 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
- 2012–2022
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd.
- operators
- SCT Logistics, Qube Logistics
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 3.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 21.1 m
- weight
- 134 t
- nicknames
- Pandaroo, Sugar Cubes, Rice Burners
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5014248, Wikipedia: CSR Ziyang SDA1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.