Newag Dragon

what is it?

The Newag Dragon is a Polish six-axle locomotive, designed for working freight trains up to 5000 tons. The locomotive is built by Newag, between 2009–2016 at its Gliwice plant, since 2017 at the Nowy Sącz plant. By March 2025, 94 units had been built and delivered to 15 different train operating companies in Poland.

who runs it

PKP CargoOKOrlen KolejFRFreightlinerFPFreightliner PLCD Cargo Poland

base stats

• speed 120 km/htop speed
• power 7.2 MWpower output
• weight 119 tin working order
• built 59made in total

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 17 years ago, in 2009.
• 🚗7.2 MW is about 85 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏20.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

2009

number built

59

kind

Electric, Bi-mode

traction

bi-mode

origin

🇵🇱 Poland

builders

Newag

operators

PKP Cargo, Orlen Kolej, Freightliner, Freightliner PL, CD Cargo Poland

top speed

120 km/h

power

7.2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

electric system

DC 3 kV, AC dual mode 15 kV & 25 kV, MS triple mode 3 kV DC, 15 kV & 25 kV AC

wheel arrangement

Co'Co'

length

20.3 m

weight

119 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.