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Taiwan Railway DL2500
🇰🇷 South Korea ·built by Shin-Sung System Co.,Ltd.· from 2016· Taiwan Railway Administration Diesel switcher Class DL2500
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TRA DL-2514 at Chenggong Station 20171203: 林昱維· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DL2500 is a 25-ton diesel shunting locomotive used by the Taiwan Railways Administration, purchased in four batches between 2016 and 2018, for a total of 24 units
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 10 years ago, in 2016.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2016–2018
- in service from
- 2016
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇰🇷 South Korea
- builders
- Shin-Sung System Co.,Ltd.
- operators
- Taiwan Railways Administration
- top speed
- 25 km/h
- power
- 205 kW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 9.1 m
- weight
- 25 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q30945179, Wikipedia: Taiwan Railway DL2500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.