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PNR 2500 class
🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by GE Transportation· from 1965· diesel-electric locomotives used by Philippine National Railways
what is it?
The PNR 2500 class is a class of 43 GE U10B Diesel Electric Locomotives first introduced in 1965 with the delivery of the first 13 locomotives of the class. The locomotives were previously used for long haul services in the PNR North Main Line and the PNR South Main Line.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- 783 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 61 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–1979
- in service from
- 1965
- status
- in service
- number built
- 43
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- builders
- GE Transportation, General Electric
- operators
- Philippine National Railways
- top speed
- 103 km/h
- power
- 783 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 11.3 m
- weight
- 49.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18359304, Wikipedia: PNR 2500 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.