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D19E
🇻🇳 Vietnam ·built by CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd.· from 2001· class of diesel-electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. D19E-905 (SIK 03-054979): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter / SIK_03-054979 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. D19E-937 at Binh Thuan Stn: Dragfyre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. D19E-968 Da Nang: Tobias b köhler· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. D19E - 949 locomotive: Simsama48· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Locomotive D19E-953 at Dieu Tri: Dragfyre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. D19E-914 at Binh Thuan 01: Dragfyre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. D19E-914 at Binh Thuan 02: Dragfyre· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. D19E-916, Vietnam, Binh Thuan, station Phan Thiet (Trainpix 215762): Vasiljev Sergei· CC0
- 9. D19E-916, Vietnam, Binh Thuan, station Phan Thiet (Trainpix 215803): Vasiljev Sergei· CC0
- 10. D19E-921 kéo tàu khách SE8 (Sài Gòn - Hà Nội) qua đầu bắc cầu sắt Ngân Sơn lúc 06h23 sáng ngày 15.05.2026: Nguyenbaotrung725· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The D19E, also known as Đổi mới, is a series of diesel locomotives currently used on the Vietnamese railway 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 25 years ago, in 2001.
- 1.5 MW is about 17 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2001
- in service from
- 2001
- number built
- 80
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- builders
- CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd.
- operators
- Vietnam Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 16.9 m
- weight
- 81 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q423578, Wikipedia: D19E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
