what is it?
Fablok 3DL is a Polish diesel-mechanical locomotive intended for shunting operations built by Fablok in Chrzanów between 1936 and 1938. The first unit was designated 627/1936, and the second one was designated 655/1936, whilst the later designation is unknown.
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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1936–1938
- in service from
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Fablok
- top speed
- 21 km/h
- power
- 74 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 6.9 m
- weight
- 25 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q138755301, Wikipedia: Fablok 3DL (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.