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Ghana Railways 1851 class
Ghana ·built by GEC Traction· from 1969· class of diesel–electric locomotives
what is it?
The Ghana Railways 1851 class were diesel-electric locomotives built by English Electric-AEI Traction for the Ghana Railways in 1969–1970.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1969–1970
- status
- retired
- number built
- 16
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- Ghana
- builders
- GEC Traction
- operators
- Ghana Railway Corporation
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 14.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q85763371, Wikipedia: Ghana Railways 1851 class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.