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MPI MP8AC-3
🇺🇸 United States ·built by MotivePower· from 2012· class of work train locomotive for the New York City Subway
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. R156 locomotive delivered to MTA: Leonard Wiggins, Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Bway Junction td (2019-01-16) 01 - BMT Jamaica: Tdorante10· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The MPI MP8AC-3, classified by the New York City Subway as R156, is a lightweight diesel-electric locomotive built by the MotivePower division of Wabtec. It was designed from scratch as a work train engine, and formed the basis of the later R255 locomotive.
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.
- 641 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
metro: Urban rapid transit: frequent, high-capacity trains, often underground.
spec sheet
- built
- 2012–2013
- in service from
- 2012
- number built
- 28
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- MotivePower
- operators
- New York City Subway
- top speed
- 48 km/h
- power
- 641 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 52.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6717296, Wikipedia: MPI MP8AC-3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.