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MaK G 1201 BB
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenbau Kiel· from 1978· model of 1 German diesel-hydraulic locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MaK G 1201 BB: MPW57· Public domain
what is it?
The MaK G 1201 BB is a four axle B'B' diesel-hydraulic off-centre cab locomotive built by the Maschinenbau Kiel in German. The locomotive is designed for shunting and freight work, such as found on industrial 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 48 years ago, in 1978.
- 665 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 12.5 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
- 1978
- in service from
- 1978
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenbau Kiel
- operators
- Solvay S.A.
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 665 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 12.5 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1739445, Wikipedia: MaK G 1201 BB (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.