#5048· MaK G 322
VSFT G 322
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 1996· diesel shunting locomotive
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Jhrdkmk619 rg20060731: John Hansen .· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. MaK G 322: MPW57· Public domain
- 3. MaK G322 (220120 A W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. MaK G322 (220120 D W): Joachim Lutz· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The VSFT G322 is a B diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive, initially built for and in service with the Danish State Railways (DSB) as Class MK.
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 30 years ago, in 1996.
- 390 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.4 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 30 years.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1996–1998
- in service from
- 1996
- status
- in service
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, Vossloh, Maschinenbau Kiel
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, DSB
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 390 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 9.4 m
- weight
- 40 t
- Dutch name
- MaK G 322
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q848143, Wikipedia: VSFT G 322 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.