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what is it?
The Francorail-MTE CSE26-21 is a class of diesel–electric locomotives built in France by the GIE Francorail-MTE consortium between 1981 and 1985. The bogies were made by Creusot-Loire, electric equipment and traction motors by Société MTE, while the bodies were made by Carel et Fouché. They were fitted with American-made ALCO 16-251F engines of 3600 hp (2650 kW), and final assembly was performed by Carel-Fouché.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 2.7 MW is about 31 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
- 1981–1985
- number built
- 90
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- Iraq
- builders
- Francorail
- operators
- Iraqi Republic Railways, Korean State Railway, Saudi Railways Organization
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28401589, Wikipedia: Francorail-MTE CSE26-21 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.