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Siemens Charger
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 2016· family of diesel-electric locomotives
Siemens ALC-42E
Siemens SC-44
Siemens ALC-42
Siemens SCV-42
Siemens SCB-40
Siemens EC-42
Siemens SC-42DM
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Siemens ALC-42E: Ben Margherone from Petaluma, CA, United States· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Siemens SC-44: Sergey Yarmolyuk· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Siemens ALC-42: Sea Cow· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Siemens SCV-42: Keira Clarke· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Siemens SCB-40: BBT609· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Siemens EC-42: de.carignan· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Siemens SC-42DM: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NVY) – "mtaphotos" on Flickr· CC BY 2.0
- 8. Amtrak Cascades 1401 - Siemens Charger engine at King Street Station, Seattle, WA - 01: SounderBruce· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Siemens Charger is a family of passenger locomotives built by Siemens Mobility for use in North America. The Charger family includes several variants developed for specific operators and service types including long-distance, inter-city and commuter rail, as well as different power sources including diesel, overhead wire, third rail, and batteries. The diesel SC-44 model is used primarily for state-supported inter-city routes and commuter rail services.
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.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- 4.3 MW is about 50 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 21.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 2016
- number built
- 467
- kind
- Diesel–electric, electric/diesel dual-mode, or battery/electric dual-…
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Siemens Mobility
- operators
- Amtrak, Via Rail, North County Transit District, Brightline
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- power
- 4.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Overhead line:, 3Amtrak's 60 Hz traction power system, 25 kV 60 Hz AC, 3Electrification of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad,…
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 21.8 m
- weight
- 120 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q18148915, Wikipedia: Siemens Charger (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.