2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 311Da Szczebrzeszyn 20080611: Petr Štefek· CC BY 3.0
- 2. ST40s-09c locomotive: Sigman at Polish Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
PKP Class ST40 is a new class of cargo diesel-electric locomotives used by the PKP LHS broad-gauge division and various Polish private operators, designated 311D (standard gauge) or 311Da (broad gauge) by its manufacturer, Newag. The class is a heavily reconstructed Soviet M62 (PKP ST44), using only the underframe. The body is new, the main engine is a General Electric GE 7FDL12.
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 19 years ago, in 2007.
- 2.1 MW is about 25 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 17.6 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
- 2007
- in service from
- 2007
- status
- in service
- number built
- 27
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- builders
- Newag
- operators
- PKP Linia Hutnicza Szerokotorowa, DB Cargo Polska, PKP Cargo, CTL Logistics, Captrain Polska
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 2.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co-Co
- length
- 17.6 m
- nicknames
- "Batman", "Darth Vader", "Robocop", "Transformer"
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1337688, Wikipedia: PKP class ST40 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.