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MPI MP14B
🇺🇸 United States ·built by MotivePower· from 2008· model of American diesel-electric locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Yard Tour 6 (13551712964): Ryan Stavely· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Amtrak 592 at 14th Street Coach Yard, October 2018: Charles Fulton· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The MPI MP14B is a low-emissions diesel switcher locomotive built by MotivePower. It is powered by two Cummins QSK19C I6 engines with each one developing 700 horsepower (522 kW) and creating a total power output of 1,400 horsepower (1,040 kW). The MPI MP14B is nearly identical to the MPI MP21B except that it has one fewer engine.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- 1 MW is about 12 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
- 2008
- in service from
- 2008
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- MotivePower
- operators
- Amtrak
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16953800, Wikipedia: MPI MP14B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.