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- 1. D20E Locomotive DN station: calflier001· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Siemens Asiarunner locomotives are contemporaries to the Eurorunner class and are designed specifically for the South-East Asian market - in particular metre gauge - key features are a Co'Co' wheel arrangement (resulting in low axle loads) and good clearance (see Loading gauge)
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 22 years ago, in 2004.
- 2 MW is about 24 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2004–2006
- number built
- 15
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- builders
- Siemens
- operators
- Vietnam Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 2 MW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 81 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q423491, Wikipedia: Asiarunner (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.