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EMD G26

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1969· model of diesel-electric locomotive with 16-cylinder EMD 645 engines

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. HŽ series 2062: -- Orlovic ( talk ) 12:34, 2 October 2007 (UTC)· Public domain
  2. 2. South African Class 33-200: User:Les Pivnic· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. SŽ series 664: Mikhail.ter· CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. 4. TCDD DE22000: B'Tian Denizcan P. Dorsam· CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. 5. JŽ 664 series: Orlovic· CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. 6. EMD G26CW Israel: My another account· CC0
  7. 7. EMD G26MC2U Class CC 202 Indonesian Railways: Frankxgrind· CC0
  8. 8. MTR locomotive 60 EMD G26 (50823897641): km30192002· CC BY 2.0
  9. 9. 704-609 phosphates train to Dimona: Oyoyoy· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. G26-Lod-11-08-06: Golf Bravo· CC BY-SA 3.0
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HŽ series 2062, photo 1 of 10
1/10· HŽ series 2062 -- Orlovic ( talk ) 12:34, 2 October 2007 (UTC)· Public domain

what is it?

The G26 is a diesel–electric locomotive built in the US by General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel for export and in Australia by Clyde Engineering under licence. The G26 was developed to increase traction capacities on the tracks which supported lesser axle loadings. They were intended for main line freight and passenger traffic.

base stats

  • speed 124 km/htop speed
  • power 1.6 MWpower output
  • built 345made 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 57 years ago, in 1969.
  • 1.6 MW is about 19 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 16.9 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
1969–2008
number built
345
kind
Diesel–electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇨🇦 Canada
builders
General Motors Diesel, Clyde Engineering, Electro-Motive Diesel
top speed
124 km/h
power
1.6 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Co'Co'
length
16.9 m
nicknames
"James", , "Sumatran Rhino" (Indonesia), , "Regan" (Yugoslavia/successor states)

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

family

South African Class 33-2001966HŽ series 20621972JŽ 664 locomotive1972SŽ series 6641984TCDD DE220001985

Sources: Wikidata Q5323415, Wikipedia: EMD G26 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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