Plymouth CR-8 locomotives

what is it?

The Plymouth CR-8 was a class of 4-axle B'B' centre cab locomotive, built by Plymouth Locomotive Works in the United States, several of which were used on industrial sites. Ten units (CR-8b) were briefly operated in Thailand in the mid-1960s. During the Vietnam War they were operated by the US Army in South Vietnam, and afterward became entered Vietnam Railways service as class D10H. A second class of Chinese-built locomotives, classed DFH21, have operated as D10H in Vietnam from around 1980 onwards.

who runs it

Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityPAPonce and Guayama RailroadSRState Railway of ThailandUnited States ArmyVRVietnam Railways

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• power 373 kWpower output
• weight 52 tin working order
• built 21made 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 63 years ago, in 1963.
• 🚗373 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏12.4 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1963–1994

retired

1985

status

in service

number built

21

kind

Diesel-hydraulic

traction

diesel

origin

🇺🇸 United States

builders

Plymouth Locomotive Works, Plymouth

operators

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Ponce and Guayama Railroad, State Railway of Thailand, United States Army, Vietnam Railways

top speed

80 km/h

power

373 kW

gauge

1,000 mm metre gauge

length

12.4 m

weight

52 t

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