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what is it?
TCDD DH9500 is a diesel-hydraulic locomotive operated by the Turkish State Railways (TCDD). A total of 26 units were delivered from 1999 by Tülomsaş. They are a hydraulic derivative of DE11000 delivered in the 1980s.
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 27 years ago, in 1999.
- 700 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.3 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1999
- in service from
- 1999
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Diesel-Hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- TÜLOMSAŞ
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 700 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B'B'
- length
- 13.3 m
- weight
- 68 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q749855, Wikipedia: TCDD DH9500 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.