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KLW SE24B
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Knoxville Locomotive Works· from 2011· American diesel switcher locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CFNR KLW SE24B 2401: Solid-cold· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The KLW SE24B or KLW SE20B is a low-emissions diesel switcher locomotive built by Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLWX). It is powered by a single MTU Series 4000 12V R54 (TIER 3) diesel engine which develops a total power output of 2,400 horsepower (1,790 kW). To date, one SE20B locomotive has been produced for KLWX, and it operates on the Gulf and Ohio Railways.
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 15 years ago, in 2011.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 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
- 2011
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Knoxville Locomotive Works
- operators
- KLW SE24B
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q28127397, Wikipedia: KLW SE24B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.