8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. POL Rudy - lokomotywa wąskotorowa Wls75 (2)crop: POL_Rudy_-_lokomotywa_wąskotorowa_Wls75_(2).jpg : ToAr derivative work: Pibwl ( talk )· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Wls75 Rudy: Pleple2000· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. POL Rudy - lokomotywa wąskotorowa Wls75 (2): ToAr· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. POL Rudy - lokomotywa wąskotorowa Wls75: ToAr· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. WLs75 Majdan: Michał Derela· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Wls75 Majdan 2018: Michał Derela· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Wls75 Starachowicka KW (1): Krzysztof Dobrzański· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Wls75 Starachowicka KW (2): Krzysztof Dobrzański· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The WLs75 is a small narrow gauge diesel locomotive built in Poland, at the ZNTK in Poznań. It was used mostly on industrial railways.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–1975
- number built
- 86
- kind
- Diesel mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- builders
- Zakłady Naprawcze Taboru Kolejowego
- operators
- industry
- top speed
- 19 km/h
- power
- 56 kW
- gauge
- 750 mm narrow gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0
- length
- 5.1 m
- weight
- 10 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q9369372, Wikipedia: WLs75 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
