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PNR 5000 class
🇵🇭 Philippines ·built by GE Transportation· from 1992· diesel-electric locomotives used by Philippine National Railways
what is it?
The PNR 5000 class are diesel-electric locomotives acquired in 1992 by the Philippine National Railways.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 403 kW is about 5 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 34 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1992
- status
- in service
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- builders
- GE Transportation
- operators
- Philippine National Railways
- top speed
- 88 km/h
- power
- 403 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- length
- 11.3 m
- weight
- 45.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q110281231, Wikipedia: PNR 5000 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.