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D19E

🇻🇳 Vietnam ·built by CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd.· from 2001· class of diesel-electric locomotives

D19E, photo 1 of 10
1/10 ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter / SIK_03-054979 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 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

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 1.5 MWpower output
  • weight 81 tin working order
  • built 80made in total

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.

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