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Vossloh G1000 BB

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Vossloh· from 2002· locomotive class

🛤️ diesel locomotive diesel
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. ECRG1000BB: MPW57 at German Wikipedia ( Original text: MPW57 )· Public domain
  2. 2. EVB Vossloh G 1000 BB: Tvabutzku1234· Public domain
  3. 3. G1000BB n°103 de Colas Rail WP 20190330 14 18 33 Rich: Claude villetaneuse· CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. 4. G1000BB n°103 de Colas Rail WP 20190330 14 18 46 Rich: Claude villetaneuse· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. Rhein Cargo DH 711 (G1000) (50821982051): Nelso Silva from Porto, Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. Wuppertal, Bhf. Vohwinkel, Südseite, Vossloh G1000 BB schiebt Schotterzug in Position (2): Im Fokus· CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. 7. Wuppertal, Bhf. Vohwinkel, Südseite, Vossloh G1000 BB schiebt Schotterzug in Position (4): Im Fokus· CC BY-SA 4.0
  8. 8. Beaurières 03: Philippe BRENET· CC BY-SA 3.0
  9. 9. 67346 Speyer, Germany - panoramio (14): Jan Uyttebroeck· CC BY-SA 3.0
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Vossloh G1000 BB, photo 1 of 9
1/9 MPW57 at German Wikipedia ( Original text: MPW57 )· Public domain

what is it?

The Vossloh G1000 BB is a class of off-centre cab diesel-hydraulic B'B' 4 axle locomotives built by Vossloh in Kiel since 2002. When operating under Swiss ownership the locomotives have received the class Am 842, several units owned by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois are classified as CFL class 1100.

base stats

  • speed 100 km/htop speed
  • power 1.1 MWpower output
  • weight 80 tin working order
  • built 100made 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 24 years ago, in 2002.
  • 1.1 MW is about 13 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
  • Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 14.1 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
2002–2016
in service from
2002
number built
100
kind
Diesel
traction
diesel
origin
🇩🇪 Germany
builders
Vossloh
top speed
100 km/h
power
1.1 MW
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
B'B'
length
14.1 m
weight
80 t

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

Sources: Wikidata Q677611, Wikipedia: Vossloh G1000 BB (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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