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- 1. White Pass and Yukon Railroad No. 3001 - June 2022: Gary Bembridge· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The E-3000E3B is a diesel locomotive designed and built by National Railway Equipment Company for export to 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 15 years ago, in 2011.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2011
- in service from
- 2011
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Diesel-Electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- National Railway Equipment Company
- operators
- Qube Logistics
- top speed
- 115 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 20 m
- weight
- 134 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6955130, Wikipedia: NRE E-3000E3B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.