9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SM42-900 w malowaniu PKP Cargo: Niktowsky· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Kołobrzeg - SM42 642: Photographs by Radosław Drożdżewski (User:Zwiadowca21)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. 27.08.25 Częstochowa Stradom SM42-1211: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Lokomotywa SM42 kabina: Kapitel· CC0
- 5. SM42-1603, Poznań Wschód, 2015-09-16: bruksel· CC BY-SA 2.5 pl
- 6. SM42-2126, Bydgoszcz, 2015-01-17: wojti06· CC BY-SA 2.5 pl
- 7. SM42-2135, Gniezno, 2013-05-29: Tomasz Szachciński· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. SM42-3001: Rysmichala· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. ПЭСА. Лакаматыў SM42-6Dn 2: Паўлюк Шапецька· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
SM42 (factory types Ls800E and Ls800P, design type 6D along with subtypes PKP class SM42) is a Polish standard gauge shunter diesel locomotive built for midweight and heavyweight shunting and lightweight local freight traffic, built from 1963 to 1992 by Fablok in Chrzanów also offered to 2013. A total of 1822 locomotives were built, including 1157 for PKP. SM42 Locomotives are one of the most popular locomotive series throughout Poland (in December 2009, 1224 of them existed including 867 in PKP Cargo livery), in fact these locomotives were the first Polish-designed heavier diesel-electric 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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 597 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1964–1992
- in service from
- 1964
- number built
- 1,822
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Fablok
- operators
- Polish State Railways, PKP Cargo, PKP Intercity, Polregio, ONCF
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 597 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.2 m
- weight
- 74 t
- nicknames
- Stonka, Wibrator
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q720925, Wikipedia: PKP class SM42 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.