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- 1. Class 88 Dampflokfest Dresden: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Norton Fitzwarren - DRS 68008 rear of down Pullman: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. British Rail Class 68: The joy of all things· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Stadler Eurolight (known as the Vossloh Eurolight until 2015) is the brand name for a family of 4-axle Bo'Bo' mainline diesel-electric locomotives with sub-20-tonne axleloads for passenger and freight trains produced by Stadler Rail. The Eurolight series was announced by Vossloh during 2009, the first examples were completed and commenced testing in the following year. The type has been intentionally developed to support use on secondary lines without limiting power or speed performances, making it suitable for mixed traffic operations.
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
- 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.
- 2.8 MW is about 33 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 20.3 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- —
- kind
- Diesel
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Stadler Rail Valencia
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 2.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- AC/AC transmission with four ABB Bordline CC1500 traction inverters
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 20.3 m
- weight
- 77.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q744493, Wikipedia: Stadler Eurolight (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.