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KTM Class 22
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by GEC Traction· from 1971· class of 40 Malaysian diesel locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 22102, MN, 2023 (02): Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Class 22 locomotive 22102 at Museum Negara in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - September 2015: Thomas Quine· CC BY 2.0
- 3. KTM class 22: Chuanzheng1901· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The KTM Class 22 is a class of mainline diesel electric locomotives designed and equipped by English Electric-AEI Traction, with construction by Metro-Cammell, for operations by Keretapi Tanah Melayu in Malaysia.
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 55 years ago, in 1971.
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 14.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 39 years (1971–2010).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1971
- in service from
- 1971
- retired
- 2010
- status
- retired
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- GEC Traction, Metro-Cammell, English Electric, Associated Electrical Industries
- operators
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- length
- 14.6 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18381227, Wikipedia: KTM Class 22 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.