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NRE 2GS36C-DE
🇺🇸 United States ·built by National Railway Equipment Company· from 2011· diesel switcher locomotive
what is it?
The NRE 2GS36C-DE is a low-emissions six-axle diesel-electric road switcher locomotive built by National Railway Equipment Company. It is part of NRE's N-ViroMotive line. It is powered by two Cummins QSK50L V16 engines rated at 1,800 horsepower (1,340 kW) each, for a total power output of 3,600 horsepower (2,680 kW).
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 15 years ago, in 2011.
- 2.7 MW is about 32 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 32 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2011
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- National Railway Equipment Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- 2.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C (UIC: Co'Co' )
- weight
- 190 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955128, Wikipedia: NRE 2GS36C-DE (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.