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MPI MP33C
🇺🇸 United States ·built by MotivePower· from 2012· model of diesel-electric locomotive
what is it?
The MPI MP33C is a model of diesel-electric freight locomotives designed and built by MotivePower in Boise, Idaho, USA. To date all orders have been for Australian operators. In April 2011, five were ordered by CBH Group, in Western Australia. In May 2012, ten were ordered by Railfirst Asset Management followed by a further six in June 2013.
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 14 years ago, in 2012.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.2 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
- 2012–2015
- in service from
- 2012
- status
- in service
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- MotivePower
- operators
- Aurizon, Chicago Freight Car Leasing Australia
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
- length
- 20.2 m
- weight
- 134 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16927332, Wikipedia: MPI MP33C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.