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NRE 3GS21C
🇺🇸 United States ·built by National Railway Equipment Company· from 2008· Type of low-emissions diesel switcher locomotive
what is it?
The NRE 3GS21C is a low-emissions diesel genset locomotive built by National Railway Equipment (NRE). It is powered by three Cummins QSK19C I6 engines with each one developing 700 horsepower (522 kW) and creating a total power output of 2,100 horsepower (1,570 kW). Instead of a single prime mover, the NRE genset locomotive has three engines that each can be turned off or on as power is needed reducing overall diesel emissions and improving fuel efficiency.
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.
- 1.6 MW is about 18 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
- 27
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- National Railway Equipment Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955129, Wikipedia: NRE 3GS21C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.