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- 1. WK15 Zduńska Wola Karsznice skansen (22) Lichen99: Lichen99· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- 2. 13.11.94 Lublin depot SM03-163 + SM03-88 (6018215753): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
SM03 is the name of a Polish diesel locomotive class in the PKP railway operator designation. The letters SM describe a diesel shunting locomotive.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- 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
- 1959–1966
- number built
- 273
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Fablok
- operators
- Polish State Railways
- top speed
- 46 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 6.9 m
- weight
- 24 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q959319, Wikipedia: PKP class SM03 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.