New Zealand DA class locomotive
Korail Class 4000 Diesel Locomotive
Queensland Railways 1450 class
Queensland Railways 1460 class
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. G12 7707 Odense: Niels Karsdorp, Dh3201· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Sl train: Hafiz Issadeen , Dharga Town, Sri Lanka· CC BY 2.0
- 3. New Zealand DA class locomotive: Hayden Booth· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Korail Class 4000 Diesel Locomotive: 오모군· CC BY 3.0
- 5. Queensland Railways 1450 class: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Queensland Railways 1460 class: Ellis678· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. EMD G12, No.55, R. D. Walker, Tai Po Market Station, Jun 2000: Laputalee· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. 2016-05-11 Iranian Railways EMD G12 Bo-Bo diesel loco: blackthorne57· CC BY 2.0
- 9. EMD G12 200 ACESITA: Vinícius Secchin de Melo· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. EMD G12 4252 ALL: Ricardo Frontera· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The EMD G12 is a class of export locomotive built by GM-EMD, and its Canadian affiliate General Motors Diesel. In addition, Australian licensee Clyde Engineering built ten locomotives for New Zealand in 1957, five for Hong Kong, 23 for Queensland, fourteen for Western Australia and seven for BHP. Australian licensee Commonwealth Engineering also built 42 for Queensland Rail in 1964–1966. Many examples were built in the 1950-1960s for railroads around the world.
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 73 years ago, in 1953.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1953–1968
- status
- in service
- number built
- 670
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- General Motors Diesel, Clyde Engineering, Electro-Motive Diesel
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- Dutch name
- SJ T42
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q631779, Wikipedia: EMD G12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.