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Progress Rail PR30C
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Progress Rail Services· model of American diesel locomotive
what is it?
The Progress Rail PR30C is a 3,005 hp (2,240 kW) C-C diesel-electric locomotive rebuilt by Progress Rail. It is the result of a conversion to an existing EMD SD40-2-type locomotive. This involves replacing the existing prime mover with an EPA Tier-II-compliant turbocharged V16 Caterpillar 3516.
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
- 2.2 MW is about 26 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Progress Rail Services
- top speed
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- power
- 2.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C-C
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7248575, Wikipedia: Progress Rail PR30C (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.