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Pesa Gama

🇵🇱 Poland ·built by Pesa· from 2012· family of diesel and electric locomotives manufactured by PESA

Pesa Gama, photo 1 of 3
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what is it?

Pesa Gama is a family of diesel and electric locomotives built from 2012 by Pesa SA company.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 160 km/htop speed
  • power 5.6 MWpower output
  • built 137made 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 14 years ago, in 2012.
  • Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
  • 5.6 MW is about 66 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 19.8 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

built
2012
number built
137
kind
Electric, Diesel, Bi-mode
traction
bi-mode
origin
🇵🇱 Poland
builders
Pesa
operators
PKP Intercity, Masovian Railways, Orlen Kolej, JSW Logistics, Kolprem, Pol-Miedź Trans
top speed
160 km/h
power
5.6 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system
3 kV DC, 1.5 kV DC, 15 kV AC, 25 kV AC (any one or more in combination)
wheel arrangement
Bo'Bo'
length
19.8 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q11801804, Wikipedia: Pesa Gama (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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