4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Тепловоз ТЭП150 внешний вид: Пупкин В.В.· Public domain
- 2. TEP150-001 + EKr1: Красиля Александр· CC0
- 3. TEP150-003: Oleh Kushch· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Ua-tep150-001-20060314a: Serguei Trouchelle· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
TEP150 is a Ukrainian diesel locomotive for regional rails with a Co'Co' wheel arrangement. It is produced by Luhanskteplovoz. The diesel engine of the locomotive powers a generator which feeds electric motors built into the bogies.
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 21 years ago, in 2005.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2005
- number built
- 4
- kind
- diesel locomotive
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- builders
- Luhanskteplovoz
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- length
- 20.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q752864, Wikipedia: TEP150 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.