2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Białowieża Towarowa - lokomotywa spalinowa: Photographs by Radosław Drożdżewski (User:Zwiadowca21)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Museum of Industry and Railway in Lower Silesia - Ls40: Pudelek (Marcin Szala)· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
SM02 (model Ls40) is a series of Polish diesel mechanical shunter locomotives used by PKP and mostly the industrial companies. The model was built on a basis of a German Deutz OMZ 122 R shunter locomotive, in which the design was modified by making the frame longer and having more fuel capacity. They were built between 1952 and 1961 by Fablok, 581 examples were built, 12 of the locomotives were introduced to PKP after 1954, and 569 of the locomotives were introduced to industrial companies.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Still in service after 74 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1952–1961
- in service from
- 1952
- status
- in service
- number built
- 581
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Fablok
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 11 km/h
- power
- 56 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7119533, Wikipedia: PKP class SM02 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.