what is it?
The MPI MP20B is a diesel-electric locomotive designed and built by MotivePower in Boise, Idaho.
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 19 years ago, in 2007.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 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
- 2007–2008
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- MotivePower
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 126 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717290, Wikipedia: MPI MP20B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.