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Indonesian Railways Class BB301

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Friedrich Krupp AG· from 1964· class of Indonesian diesel-hydraulic locomotives

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. ID diesel loco BB 301-31 050215 047 mn: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 )· CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2. BB 301 25 2019: Alqhaderi Aliffianiko· CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 3. BB301 25; DD52 03- Leles; Indonesia August 1972 (53296976198): Frank Stamford· CC BY 2.0
  4. 4. BB301 07, Nagreg, West Java, Indonesia August 1972 (53291609385): Frank Stamford from Australia· CC BY 2.0
  5. 5. BB301 08 locomotive, Karawang, West Java, Indonesia. June 1968 (53359400340): Frank Stamford· CC BY 2.0
  6. 6. BB301 22, Nagreg, West Java, Indonesia August 1972 (53291516089): Frank Stamford from Australia· CC BY 2.0
  7. 7. BB301 23 & BB301 25 between Bandung and Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, August 1972 (53304705275): Frank Stamford from Australia· CC BY 2.0
  8. 8. BB301 25 between Bandung and Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, August 1972 (53303366517): Frank Stamford from Australia· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. BB301 25 between Bandung and Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, August 1972 (53304228156): Frank Stamford from Australia· CC BY 2.0
  10. 10. BB301 42 locomotive, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia August 1972 (53324271628): Frank Stamford· CC BY 2.0
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Indonesian Railways Class BB301, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 )· CC BY-SA 3.0

what is it?

The BB301 is a class of 50 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Krupp and Krauss-Maffei in West Germany for the then Indonesian State Railway (PNKA). The locomotive first entered service in 1964.

who runs it

Kereta Api Indonesia

base stats

  • speed 120 km/htop speed
  • power 1.1 MWpower output
  • weight 52 tin working order
  • built 50made in total

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.
  • 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
1964–1970
in service from
1964
number built
50
kind
Diesel hydraulic
traction
diesel
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
builders
Friedrich Krupp AG, KraussMaffei, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
operators
Kereta Api Indonesia
top speed
120 km/h
power
1.1 MW
gauge
1,067 mm Cape gauge
wheel arrangement
B′B′
weight
52 t
nicknames
Roti tawar (loaf bread/sandwich bread)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q12472996, Wikipedia: Indonesian Railways Class BB301 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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