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what is it?
The NRE 2GS16B-AU is a genset locomotive manufactured by National Railway Equipment Company, Paducah, Kentucky for use in Australia.
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 12 years ago, in 2014.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 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
- in service from
- 2014
- status
- in service
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Genset
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- National Railway Equipment Company
- operators
- Watco Companies, Pacific National
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo-Bo
- weight
- 91 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q19876394, Wikipedia: NRE 2GS16B-AU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.