#4854
Eurotunnel Class 0001
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenbau Kiel· from 1992· class/model of 5 diesel locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Railion 6456: Joost J. Bakker from IJmuiden· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Eurotunnel Class 0001 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives were built by Maschinenbau Kiel (manufacturers designation DE 1004) between 1991 and 1992. They are derived from the MaK DE 1002 and NS Class 6400 (MaK DE 1003). When operating in the United Kingdom, the locomotives are assigned a TOPS classification as Class 21.
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 34 years ago, in 1992.
- 960 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1992
- in service from
- 1991
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenbau Kiel, ABB Group
- operators
- Getlink
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 960 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 14.4 m
- weight
- 90 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2628806, Wikipedia: Eurotunnel Class 0001 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.