#3951
CFR-Class 040 DH
🇷🇴 Romania ·built by FAUR· from 1968· class of Romanian diesel-hydraulic locomotives
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- 1. 80-0015-0-Brasov-001: Dr2005 at Romanian Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
CFR Class 040 DH (Factory designation LDH 125) are diesel-hydraulic locomotives produced in large numbers for shunting and light mainline service by the Romanian state railways CFR. In addition, 475 locomotives of this model were delivered to Romanian industrial companies, 263 units were delivered to Bulgaria, 42 units were delivered to industrial companies in Czechoslovakia, three units went to Iraq, two units went to China and one unit was delivered to USSR.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 920 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1968–1976
- number built
- 633
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- builders
- FAUR
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 920 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25483410, Wikipedia: CFR-Class 040 DH (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.