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- 1. Class 19: Mfrna2· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The KTM Class 19 are a class of 10 Bo'Bo' shunting locomotives built by Hitachi in 1983 for Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Malayan Railway). The locomotives are based in major train stations as station pilots. As they are classed as shunters, they are limited to major train stations only and do not operate on the mainline.
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- Weighs about as much as 10 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 11 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1983
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- builders
- Hitachi
- operators
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 11 m
- weight
- 57.4 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19840312, Wikipedia: KTM Class 19 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.