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NRE 2GS12B
🇺🇸 United States ·built by National Railway Equipment Company· from 2014· low-emissions diesel genset switcher locomotive
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- 1. AMTK 599: Charles Fulton· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The NRE 2GS12B is a low-emissions diesel genset switcher locomotive built by National Railway Equipment Company as part of its N-ViroMotive series of low-emission locomotives. It is powered by two Cummins QSK15, a straight-six engine, with each one developing 600 horsepower (450 kW) and creating a total power output of 1,200 hp (890 kW). The locomotives are compliant with the EPA's Tier 4 emissions standards requirements for non-road diesel engines.
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 12 years ago, in 2014.
- 895 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2014–2026
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Diesel-electric genset
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- National Railway Equipment Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- 895 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- weight
- 112 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q97357243, Wikipedia: NRE 2GS12B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.