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- 1. TCDD DH7007 at Sirkeci: Alasdair McLellan· Public domain
what is it?
TCDD DH 7000 are a type of diesel-hydraulic locomotive built for operations on Turkish State Railways by Tülomsaş. The DH7000 was primarily used as a shunter. A total of 20 units were delivered from 1994.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- 522 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 10.2 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- TÜLOMSAŞ
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 522 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C
- length
- 10.2 m
- weight
- 51 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q645698, Wikipedia: TCDD DH7000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.