#5103· Class 66
EMD Class 66
🇸🇪 Sweden ·built by Electro-Motive Diesel· from 1998· co-Co diesel locomotive
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. HGK DE 64 Godorf: Qualle· CC BY 2.5
- 2. British Rail Class 66: Foulger Rail Photos· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 66 FPL66001: PaulT· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Egyptian Railways (ENR) Class 66: Abdelrhman 1990· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) Class 66 (EMD JT42CWR) are Co-Co diesel locomotives built by EMD for the European heavy freight market. Designed for use in Great Britain as the British Rail Class 66, a development of the Class 59, they have been adapted and certified for use in other European countries. Outside Europe, 40 locomotives have been sold to Egyptian Railways for passenger operation.
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 28 years ago, in 1998.
- 2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.4 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
- 1998
- number built
- 651
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- builders
- Electro-Motive Diesel
- operators
- Rush Rail
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.4 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 21.4 m
- weight
- 127 t
- nicknames
- 'Klaas 66' (NL) 'Scheune' (DE)
- Dutch name
- Class 66
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4131239, Wikipedia: EMD Class 66 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.