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PKP class ST45

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by H. Cegielski – Poznań· from 2009· class of diesel locomotives rebuilt by PESA for PKP Cargo

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel

6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. ST45-01: Bredix· CC BY 3.0
2. ST45-04, 03 i 02, Pesa Bydgoszcz, 2009-12-07: Paweł Telega· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. ST45-12, Poznań Wschód, 2012-10-12: bruksel· CC BY-SA 2.5 pl
4. ST45-16, Toruń Kluczyki, 2014-08-22 (Muri WK14): Muri· CC BY-SA 4.0
5. WK15 Zamość (10) Lichen99: Lichen99· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
6. WK15 Zamość (11) Lichen99: Lichen99· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

what is it?

ST45 is the name for a Polish diesel locomotive. They are freight only locomotives, having had their train heating removed.

who runs it

Polish State Railways PKP Cargo

base stats

speed 120 km/htop speed
power 1.5 MWpower output
built 4made 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 17 years ago, in 2009.
1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
19 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: 2009
in service from: 2009
number built: 4
kind: Diesel
traction: diesel
origin: 🇵🇱 Poland
builders: H. Cegielski – Poznań, Pesa
operators: Polish State Railways, PKP Cargo
top speed: 120 km/h
power: 1.5 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: Co′Co′
length: 19 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q7119538, Wikipedia: PKP class ST45 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.