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MLW RS-23
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1959· model of 40 Canadian 1000hp Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Diesel.locomotive.ontario.southland.railway.2009.10.xx: User:Lx_121· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. GWWD202 03212019: Taylor Woolston· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MLW RS-23 was a 1,000 hp (746 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works between August 1959 and September 1960. Production totaled 40 locomotives. The largest fleet of these locomotives was operated by Canadian Pacific Railway, which classed them DRS-10c in that company's locomotive classification system.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
- 746 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1959–1960
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Canadian Pacific Railway, Sydney and Louisburg Railway, Sartigan Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 746 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6716677, Wikipedia: MLW RS-23 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.