what is it?
The MLW RSC-14 was a diesel-electric locomotive rebuilt by Canadian National Railway from locomotives originally supplied by Montreal Locomotive Works. These locomotives began life as MLW RS-18s for the Canadian National Railway (CN). The base RS-18 model was derived by MLW from the ALCO-produced RS-11 model, and was equipped with a 12-cylinder four-cycle model 251B diesel engine rated at 1,800 horsepower (1,300 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
- 1 MW is about 12 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- —
- status
- preserved
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- builders
- Montreal Locomotive Works
- operators
- Canadian National Railway
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (A1A)(A1A)
- weight
- 109 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6716680, Wikipedia: MLW RSC-14 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.