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MPI HSP46
🇺🇸 United States ·built by MotivePower· from 2013· model of American diesel-electric locomotive
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. MBTA 2001 first revenue round trip at Reading: Pi.1415926535· CC BY 3.0
- 2. MBTA MPI HSP46 locomotive from Worcester Union Station garage (cropped): 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
- 3. MBTA Needham Line train 661 in West Roxbury August 2026: 4300streetcar· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The MPI HSP46 is a four-axle AC-traction diesel-electric locomotive for commuter trains, designed and assembled by MotivePower. It meets EPA Tier 3 emissions standards. The launch customer is the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), whose first unit entered revenue service in April 2014.
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 13 years ago, in 2013.
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
- 3.5 MW is about 41 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.6 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
- 2013–2014
- in service from
- 2014
- number built
- 40
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- MotivePower
- operators
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- top speed
- 177 km/h
- power
- 3.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 21.6 m
- weight
- 130 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1881761, Wikipedia: MPI HSP46 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.