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Railpower RP14BD
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Railpower Technologies· from 2008· diesel-electric switcher
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. NS2121: Franklin Campbell· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The RP14BD is a diesel-electric switcher locomotive built by Railpower Technologies. It is a "genset" locomotive, having two engine-generator sets. The engines are computer controlled, with the computer stopping and starting engines on a rotating basis, as required to produce the horsepower needed at any given moment.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- 1 MW is about 12 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
- 2008
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Railpower Technologies
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7284039, Wikipedia: Railpower RP14BD (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.