EMD G16

what is it?

The EMD G16 is a diesel locomotive built by General Motors in the US and under licence by Clyde Engineering in Australia and MACOSA in Spain. It has been used in Australia, Brazil, Egyptian Railways, Hong Kong, Israel Railways, Mexico, Spain, Yugoslav Railways and on the successor Croatian Railways, Slovenian Railways, Serbian Railways, Macedonian Railways, Republika Srpska Railways, Kosovo Railways and Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

who runs it

Israel Railways

base stats

• speed 124 km/htop speed
• power 1.3 MWpower output
• weight 108 tin working order
• built 426made in total

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 68 years ago, in 1958.
• 🚗1.3 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏18.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1958–1972

number built

426

kind

Diesel–electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇮🇱 Israel

builders

General Motors Diesel, Clyde Engineering, Stadler Rail Valencia, Electro-Motive Diesel

operators

Israel Railways

top speed

124 km/h

power

1.3 MW

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

wheel arrangement

Co'Co'

length

18.5 m

weight

108 t

nicknames

"Kenedi" (former Yugoslavia), "Tlaconete" (Mexico)

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.