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- 1. DE3612: Erkan Kiraz· CC BY-SA 2.5
what is it?
DH3600 were diesel-hydraulic locomotive built for shunting operations on the Turkish State Railways. 38 units were built by Tüvasaş under licence from Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK). In 1980-1981 the shunters were rebuilt with Cummins Diesel KT1150L engines.
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 58 years ago, in 1968.
- 410 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.2 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
- 1968
- number built
- 24
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- TÜVASAŞ
- designer
- Maschinenbau Kiel
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 50 km/h
- power
- 410 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- AhB
- length
- 9.2 m
- weight
- 32.5 t
- nicknames
- "Samsun" (DH3610)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7669645, Wikipedia: TCDD DH3600 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.