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Indonesian Railways Class BB302
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1970· class of Indonesian diesel-hydraulic locomotives
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. PTKABB302 (302 05 C): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Lokomotif seri BB 302 MDN: Fadhil Dimas Nabillah· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The BB302 is a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Henschel in West Germany for the Indonesian state railways (Perusahaan Negara Kereta Api, PNKA) and entered service in 1970. All BB302s were allocated to North Sumatra.
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 56 years ago, in 1970.
- 671 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1970
- in service from
- 1970
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn
- operators
- Kereta Api Indonesia
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 671 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B′B′
- weight
- 44 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q12472997, Wikipedia: Indonesian Railways Class BB302 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.