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GMD NF110
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by General Motors Diesel· from 1952· model of Canadian 1200hp Co′Co′ diesel-electric locomotives
what is it?
The NF110 is a diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Diesel for narrow gauge service with the Canadian National Railways in Newfoundland (see: Newfoundland Railway). Only nine examples were built between 1952 and 1953, although thirty-eight identical NF210s were later built. The last examples were retired in 1986 and afterwards three examples were preserved in non-operating condition, all located in Newfoundland.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- 895 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 16.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1952–1986).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1952–1953
- in service from
- 1952
- retired
- 1986
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- General Motors Diesel
- operators
- Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 895 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 16.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5513755, Wikipedia: GMD NF110 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.