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KLW SE15B
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Knoxville Locomotive Works· from 2016· model of low-emissions diesel switcher locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SEPTA KLW SE15B 80 at North Wales: O484~enwiki· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The KLW SE15B 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 1,560 horsepower (1,160 kW).
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 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
- 2016
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Knoxville Locomotive Works
- operators
- KLW SE15B
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28127396, Wikipedia: KLW SE15B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.