what is it?
The 200 Class is a six-axle, 2,000 hp class of diesel-electric locomotive built by Wabtec in Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil for CBH Group, Western Australia's grain growing co-operative. Seventeen have been ordered in June 2023 as part of their Path to 2033 strategy, with the first three units (202, 203 & 204) arriving in January 2026 and started conducting operational/acceptance trials three months later. At the same time the next batch of seven locomotives arrived (201, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211).
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 1 years ago, in 2025.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2025
- in service from
- 2026
- status
- in service
- number built
- 17
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Wabtec
- operators
- Aurizon
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- nicknames
- Brazil Nuts, Dogbones, Embraers, Gap Tooth, Minions, Overbite, Thumpers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q138748458, Wikipedia: CBH Group 200 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.