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MaK G 1204 BB
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenbau Kiel· from 1981· model of German diesel-hydraulic locomotive
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MAKG1204BB: MPW57 at German Wikipedia ( Original text: MPW57 )· Public domain
- 2. MaK G1204 (1000814 B W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. MaK G1204 (1000814 D W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. MaK G1204 (1000814 E W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. MKB G 1204 an der Karlstraße in Minden: Gerd Fahrenhorst· CC BY 4.0
- 6. MKB G 1204 in Minden: Gerd Fahrenhorst· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The MaK G 1204 BB is a four axle B'B' diesel-hydraulic locomotive with and off centre cab design built by MaK in Kiel, Germany. Eighteen of these light freight and shunting locomotives were built which were used mostly on German industrial railways, two units have worked for the Swiss Federal Railways and received the class designation Am 842.
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 45 years ago, in 1981.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 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
- 1981–1991
- in service from
- 1981
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Diesel-Hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenbau Kiel
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- 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 Q1625172, Wikipedia: MaK G 1204 BB (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.