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MLW RSC-13
🇨🇦 Canada ·built by Montreal Locomotive Works· from 1955· model of 35 Canadian diesel-electric locomotives
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1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CN RSC13 1711 with a way freight at Port Hawkinsbury, Nova Scotia on September 6, 1970 (34907936924): Marty Bernard from U.S.A.· Public domain
what is it?
The MLW RSC-13 was a type of diesel-electric locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works for use on Canadian National Railway (CN). Only thirty five RSC-13's were built — between 1955 and 1957 — and were numbered 1700–1734 by CN. The locomotives were conceived by MLW to meet CN's specification for light weight branch lines. The model 539T diesel engine used in the RSC-13 program saw their horsepower rated at 1,000 hp (750 kW).
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- 746 kW is about 9 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 16.8 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
- 1955–1957
- status
- retired
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- 746 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (A1A)(A1A)
- length
- 16.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6716679, Wikipedia: MLW RSC-13 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.