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KLW SE10B

🇺🇸 United States ·built by Knoxville Locomotive Works· from 2015· low-emissions diesel switcher locomotive

KLW SE10B, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Wheresmything· CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The KLW SE10B is a low-emissions diesel switcher locomotive built by Knoxville Locomotive Works. It is powered by a single MTU Series 2000 engine which develops a total power output of 1,050 horsepower (783 kW). There have been three SE10B locomotives produced for New York New Jersey Rail, and 5 have been produced for Chevron to be used in the refineries of Houston and Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas.

who runs it

base stats

  • power 783 kWpower 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 11 years ago, in 2015.
  • 783 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built
2015
number built
4
kind
Diesel-electric
traction
diesel
origin
🇺🇸 United States
builders
Knoxville Locomotive Works
operators
KLW SE10B
top speed
—
power
783 kW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge

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

Sources: Wikidata Q28127394, Wikipedia: KLW SE10B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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