#3668
GAIA locomotive
🇦🇷 Argentina ·built by Fiat Ferroviaria· from 1962· former Argentine locomotive builder
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tren cruzando av santafe buenosaires: Greg Sommers· Public domain
- 2. Gaia en via 3º: Martin P.· Public domain
what is it?
Gruppo Aziende Italiane e Argentine (mostly known for its acronym GAIA) was an Italian-Argentine conglomerate company that manufactured diesel locomotives for the Argentine railway network while being managed by Ferrocarriles Argentinos.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 64 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962–1971
- in service from
- 1962
- status
- in service
- number built
- 280
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- builders
- Fiat Ferroviaria, Siam, Breda, Ansaldo
- operators
- Ferrocarriles Argentinos, FEMESA, Nuevo Central Argentino, Metropolitano, Trenes de Buenos Aires
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,676 mm Indian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'–Co'
- length
- 17 m
- weight
- 92 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5978276, Wikipedia: GAIA locomotive (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.