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D19Er

🇻🇳 Vietnam ·built by CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd.· from 2006· class of 5 Vietnamese diesel-electric locomotive

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what is it?

The D19Er locomotive or Hữu Nghị locomotive is a diesel locomotive and currently used on Vietnam Railways network. (almost in Northern Vietnam railway network).

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • weight 108 tin working order
  • built 5made 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 20 years ago, in 2006.
  • Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
2006
number built
5
kind
Diesel
traction
diesel
origin
🇻🇳 Vietnam
builders
CRRC Ziyang Co., Ltd.
operators
Vietnam Railways
top speed
120 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Co'Co'
weight
108 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q18109540, Wikipedia: D19Er (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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