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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DH 374 near Guercif: Kabelleger / David Gubler ( http://www.bahnbilder.ch )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. TCDD DE33000: Central Data Bank at English Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. ONCF DH 350: Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Israel Railways EMD GT26CW-2: SquallyFire· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. EMD GT26CW-2 (HZ 2063 003) and EMD G26C (HZ 2062 019): Andreas Hackenjos· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. EMD GT26CW-2 (HŽ 2063 014): Kris Henderikx· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The GT26CW-2 is the Dash-2 variant of the GT26CW diesel–electric locomotive series created by the Electro-Motive Division (EMD) of General Motors for export to Iran, Israel, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, South Korea, Turkey and Yugoslavia. Various licensees have also constructed or refurbished this model. It is similar to the highly successful SD40-2 North American locomotive.
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 54 years ago, in 1972.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1972–2006
- number built
- 481
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- builders
- General Motors Diesel Division, Hyundai Rotem
- operators
- ONCF
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- weight
- 120 t
- nicknames
- "Karavela" (Yugoslavia) "특대 :(The Great Giant)" (South Korea)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q6502817, Wikipedia: EMD GT26CW-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.