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TE33A

🇺🇸 United States ·built by GE Infrastructure· from 2009· class of Co′Co′ diesel locomotive

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. KTZ TE33A Aynabulak: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. KTZ TE33A Aynabulak with railfan: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
3. KTZ TE33A Joloman: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
4. TE33A-0175 with freight train, side view: Ibrahim Rustamov· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. TE33A-0253: Сергей Болашенко· CC BY-SA 3.0
6. TE33A-0293 and 0786: Vugar Amrullayev· CC BY 4.0
7. 2ТЭ10МК-0587, Казахстан, Актюбинская область, станция Кандыагаш (Trainpix 129110): Ануар· CC0
8. Lokot2: Kbodjar· CC BY-SA 4.0
9. TE33A-0214: Сергей Болашенко· CC BY-SA 3.0
10. Военно-Антоновка, ТЭ33А-0279 на разъезде Сокулук (1): Nikolai Bulykin· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The TE33A (ТЭ33А) is a type of diesel locomotive developed by GE Transportation Systems for 1,520 mm gauge railways. It is part of the GE Evolution Series family. Following the delivery of an initial 10 locomotives from GE's plant at Erie, Pennsylvania, in the US, TE33A locomotives are being assembled from kits by the JSC Lokomotiv subsidiary of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy at a new factory in Astana which was opened by President Nursultan Nazarbayev on 3 July 2009.

who runs it

Azerbaijan Railways Kyrgyz Railways Tajik Railways Ministry of Railways Calea Ferată din Moldova Ukrainian Railways Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Ivano-Frankivskcement

base stats

speed 160 km/htop speed
built 276made 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 17 years ago, in 2009.
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.

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

spec sheet

built: 2009
number built: 276
kind: Diesel–electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇺🇸 United States
builders: GE Infrastructure, GE Transportation, Lokomotiv Kurastyru Zauyty
operators: Azerbaijan Railways, Kyrgyz Railways, Tajik Railways, Ministry of Railways, Calea Ferată din Moldova, Ukrainian Railways, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, Ivano-Frankivskcement
top speed: 160 km/h
power: —
gauge: 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
wheel arrangement: Co-Co

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

family

Sources: Wikidata Q14754970, Wikipedia: TE33A (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.