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Voith Maxima

built by Voith Turbo· from 2006· locomotive

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel ✓ in service
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Maxima 1it06: Tobias b köhler 10:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)· CC BY-SA 2.5
  2. 2. Voith Maxima: User:Mef.ellingen· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. CZ Class 783: Lukolesky· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. Ladenburg Voith Maxima: -- Xocolatl ( talk ) 19:17, 15 October 2010 (UTC)· Public domain
  5. 5. Voith Maxima (DB-Baureihe 264) mit Güterzug in Mainz-Weisenau (Strecke Mainz - Worms), 23. August 2016: Joachim Seyferth· CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. Voith Maxima 2024-10-17 JM IMG 1876: Johannes Maximilian· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Voith Maxima in Beeskow: Boni2210· CC BY-SA 3.0
  8. 8. 20240111 152227 Maxima 30 CC: Ramsch· CC BY-SA 4.0
  9. 9. 20240111 152239 Maxima 30CC: Ramsch· CC BY-SA 4.0
  10. 10. 20240111 152256 Maxima 30CC: Ramsch· CC BY-SA 4.0
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Voith Maxima, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Tobias b köhler 10:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)· CC BY-SA 2.5

what is it?

The Voith Maxima are a family of diesel-hydraulic locomotives built by Voith Turbo Lokomotivtechnik GmbH & Co. KG., a subsidiary of Voith. Initially, two versions of a 6-axle C'C' machine were offered with medium speed engines from the Anglo-Belgian Corporation: the Maxima 30CC and Maxima 40CC (the most powerful single-engined diesel-hydraulic locomotive in the world, rated at 3,600 kW (4,800 hp)).

base stats

  • speed 140 km/htop speed
  • power 3.6 MWpower output
  • built 13made 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 20 years ago, in 2006.
  • Top speed is 1.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • 3.6 MW is about 42 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • 23.2 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
2006–2010
status
in service
number built
13
kind
Diesel
traction
diesel
builders
Voith Turbo
designer
MA Design/Voith Turbo
top speed
140 km/h
power
3.6 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
(C')(C')
length
23.2 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q870521, Wikipedia: Voith Maxima (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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