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Vossloh DE 18
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Vossloh· from 2010· model of German diesel-electric locomotive
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Vossloh DE 18 Hannover: Clic· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Captrain Italia Vossloh DE 18 2426 San Zeno Folzano 20220709: Moliva· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. CFL DE 18 309 Taben: Leonhard. 628· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Innotrans DE 18: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Vossloh DE 18 (52783883020): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Vossloh DE 18 (55144195793): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Vossloh DE 18 (55147609634): Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Vossloh Locomotives GmbH DE 18 (15505580081): julienghien1 from Enghien, Belgique· CC BY 2.0
- 9. 20201211 150559 RVM-Lok: Ramsch· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Vossloh DE 18 is a Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotive. It is the first new diesel-electric locomotive to be built in Kiel since production of the DE 1002 ended in 1993. Up to 60% of the components are shared with the diesel-hydraulic G 18.
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 16 years ago, in 2010.
- 1.8 MW is about 21 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2010
- status
- in service
- number built
- 191
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Vossloh
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.8 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 17 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7942064, Wikipedia: Vossloh DE 18 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.