3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. WK15 SU160-005 Ełk (1) Lichen99 (cropped): Lichen99· CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
- 2. PKP class SU160: Petr Štefek· CC BY-SA 3.0 cz
- 3. Pesa Gama 111Eb - kącik socjalny Trako 2015 (Flyz1 WG 34-2015): Jakub "Flyz1" Maciejewski· CC BY-SA 4.0
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
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.