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Bangladesh Railway Class 2700
🇧🇩 Bangladesh ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1994· Class of diesel-electric locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BR 2705: Ifthekhar Omer· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Bangladesh Railway Class 2700 diesel electric locomotive is currently (as of 2023) in service on the meter gauge of Bangladesh Railway. This dual cab locomotive series has been in service since 1994. Bangladesh Railway has a total of 21 locomotives that are used in passenger services.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1994–1996
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, Adtranz
- designer
- Electro Motive Division
- operators
- Bangladesh Railway
- top speed
- 107 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- weight
- 72 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39056349, Wikipedia: Bangladesh Railway Class 2700 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.