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NRE 1GS7B
🇺🇸 United States ·built by National Railway Equipment Company· from 2008· diesel switcher locomotive
what is it?
The NRE 1GS7B is a low-emissions diesel switcher locomotive built by National Railway Equipment. It is powered by a single Cummins QSK19C I6 engine which develops a total power output of 700 horsepower (522 kW). There have been nine 1GS7B locomotives produced to date, manufactured at NREC's Mount Vernon shops in Southern Illinois, and at NREC's Dixmoor shops.
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.
- 522 kW is about 6 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
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- National Railway Equipment Company
- operators
- NRE 1GS7B
- top speed
- —
- power
- 522 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955125, Wikipedia: NRE 1GS7B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.