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MLW M-636
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1969· model of Canadian/Australian diesel locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. A Big Alco (35397615336): Marty Bernard from U.S.A.· Public domain
- 2. Don Rhodes Mt Newman Mining 5497, 2012 (1): Bahnfrend· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The M-636 is a six-axle, 3,600 hp diesel locomotive marketed as part of the Montreal Locomotive Works six-axle "M-Line" series of locomotives. It was an evolution of the ALCo C636, and it saw many sales to Canadian, Mexican and Australian customers. Today, there are a handful M-636s left in revenue service.
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 57 years ago, in 1969.
- 2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 21 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1969–1980
- number built
- 185
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works, A. E. Goodwin, Commonwealth Engineering
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 21 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q109535815, Wikipedia: MLW M-636 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.