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- 1. Locomotiva CFR clasa 73: Stefan Puscasu· CC BY-SA 1.0
what is it?
LDH 125 is a road switcher used by Raykent Lojistik in Turkey. It is used in medium speed movements and heavy-duty switching. It closely resembles the CFR class 73.
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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- 919 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.7 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
- 2008
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic with two speed final drive
- traction
- diesel
- builders
- refurbished by Raykent
- designer
- Sulzer
- operators
- Raykent Lojistik
- top speed
- 110 km/h
- power
- 919 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 13.7 m
- weight
- 47 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q56278992, Wikipedia: Raykent LDH125 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.