what is it?
TCDD DE18000 are a type of diesel-electric locomotive built for operations on Turkish State Railways by Matériel de Traction Electrique. The order was a trial for a lighter version of the DE24000, and only five units were delivered. The units were mostly used around İzmir and are now retired with the exception of DE18003 which as of January 2024 was still active in the İzmir area.
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 56 years ago, in 1970.
- 1.3 MW is about 16 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1970
- in service from
- 1970
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- builders
- Matériel de Traction Electrique
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 16.4 m
- weight
- 80 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1315695, Wikipedia: TCDD DE18000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.