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Railpower RP20CD
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Railpower Technologies· from 2008· model of American “genset” diesel-electric locomotive
what is it?
The RP20CD is a diesel-electric road switcher locomotive built by Railpower Technologies. It is a "genset" locomotive, having three 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.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 30 African elephants (~6 t each).
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
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co'Co'
- weight
- 181 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7284041, Wikipedia: Railpower RP20CD (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.