New Zealand DSG class locomotive

what is it?

The New Zealand DSG class is a type of diesel-electric shunting locomotive used in New Zealand. The class shares a central cab design with the smaller DSC class shunting locomotive, and is twin-engined. Meanwhile, the very similarly designed, single-engined DSJ class, has a cab that is offset from the centre.

who runs it

base stats

• speed 60 km/htop speed
• power 700 kWpower output
• weight 56 tin working order
• built 24made in total

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 45 years ago, in 1981.
• 🚗700 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏13.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 2 years (1981–1983).

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1981–1983

in service from

1981

retired

1983

status

in service

number built

24

kind

Diesel-Electric Shunter

traction

diesel

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Toshiba

operators

New Zealand Railways Department, New Zealand Railways Corporation

top speed

60 km/h

power

700 kW

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

wheel arrangement

Bo-Bo

length

13.5 m

weight

56 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.