#4824· MaK G 1205 BB
MaK G 1205
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Maschinenbau Kiel· from 1991· model of German diesel-hydraulic locomotives
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MAKG1205: MPW57 at German Wikipedia ( Original text: MPW57 )· Public domain
- 2. Cycling tour- Neuss. Local railroad serving the extensive port of Neuss: wwwuppertal· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Duisburg Entenfang NIAG 3 met Uacs poederproducten wagens - Flickr - Rob Dammers: Rob Dammers· CC BY 2.0
- 4. NIAG 3 Duisburg Entenfang: EveryPicture· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. V 157 der TWE mit Schrottzug Paderborn-Hanekenfähr bei Bad Iburg Ostenfelde 05.01.1997: ABproTWE· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. V157GüterslohNord04052000: DerGeselle· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The MaK G 1205 is a class of four axle B'B' diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by the Maschinenbau Kiel factory.
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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- 12.8 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
- 1991–1997
- in service from
- 1991
- number built
- 31
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maschinenbau Kiel
- operators
- IMIDRO, Eisenbahn und Häfen GmbH
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 12.8 m
- Dutch name
- MaK G 1205 BB
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1882199, Wikipedia: MaK G 1205 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.