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ÖBB Class 2143
🇦🇹 Austria ·built by Simmering-Graz-Pauker· from 1964· class of 77 Austrian diesel locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ÖBB 2143-036 wien ostbhf remise 2003-08-07: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
- 2. 2143 070-7 Ernstbrunn: Jacek Rużyczka· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. RTS 2143: Chris.urs-o· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Diesel locomotive ÖBB 2143.066 at Eisenbahnmuseum Strasshof file 01: Novoklimov· CC BY 4.0
- 5. Diesel locomotive ÖBB 2143.072-3 at Eisenbahnmuseum Strasshof file 03: Novoklimov· CC BY 4.0
- 6. ÖBB 2143 008-7 1: MPW57· Public domain
- 7. ÖBB 2143.21 der Staudenbahn in Vilshofen: High Contrast· CC BY 3.0 de
- 8. ÖBB 2143-030 auf Viadukt der Mattersburger Bahn bei Marz: Steindy 01:01, 26. Feb. 2007 (CET).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. ÖBB 2143-033 Spitz an der Donau 2005-07-24: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
- 10. ÖBB 2143 039-2: Benny225 at German Wikipedia· Attribution
what is it?
The ÖBB Class 2143 is a class of diesel-hydraulic locomotives operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) in Austria.
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 62 years ago, in 1964.
- 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.8 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
- 1964–1977
- in service from
- 1964
- number built
- 77
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- builders
- Simmering-Graz-Pauker
- operators
- Austrian Federal Railways, Wiener Lokalbahnen
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 1.1 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
- length
- 15.8 m
- weight
- 68 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q293686, Wikipedia: ÖBB Class 2143 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.