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The AC6000CW is a 6,000-horsepower (4,500 kW) diesel electric locomotive built between 1995 and 2001 by GE Transportation. It is among the world's most powerful single-engined diesel locomotives. The locomotive was designed for extremely high horsepower needs, such as pulling heavy coal and ore trains.
Most powerful single-engine diesel locomotive ever built. China Railways HXD1: China Railway: HXD10001 - HXD10220 CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive, Siemens 2006–08 Electric Bo'Bo'+Bo'Bo' 200 tonnes (220 short tons) 760 kilonewtons (170,855 lbf) starting 9,600 kilowatts (12,874 hp) continuous — China Railways HXD1B: China Railway: HXD1B0001 ...
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed, differing mainly in the means by which mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels. The most common are diesel–electric locomotives and diesel–hydraulic.
The EMD DDA40X is a 6,600 hp (4,943 kW) D-D locomotive, built by EMD from 1969 to 1971 exclusively for the Union Pacific Railroad. [1] It is the most powerful diesel–electric locomotive model ever built on a single frame, having two 16-645E3A diesel prime movers. [2]
Most (except the electrics, the switchers, the AC6000CW, and the Evolution series) are powered by various versions of GE's own FDL diesel prime mover, based on a Cooper Bessemer design and manufactured at Grove City, Pennsylvania. GE is one of the largest locomotive manufacturing companies.
They are unique in that they are actually two power units on a single 98-foot-long (30 m) frame, and are noted as being the largest diesel locomotives in the world. The locomotives weighed 542,432 lb (246,043 kg) and utilized two EMD 645E3A V-16 diesel engines, each rated at 3,300 hp (2,500 kW), for a combined rating of 6,600 hp (4,900 kW).
The locomotive is a higher power variant of the WDG-4G locomotive which was also designed by General Electric. The design platform is based on the GE Evolution Series and features a 4-stroke 16-cylinder fully turbocharged engine which delivers around 6,000 horsepower (4,500 kW), making it the most powerful diesel locomotive of IR (second-most ...
Brush Traction – diesel and electric locomotives; Loughborough; part of Wabtec [68] Clayton Equipment Company – diesel/electric/battery locomotives [69] Cowans Sheldon – railway cranes [70] Exmoor Steam Railway – narrow-gauge steam locomotives [71] Ffestiniog Railway – narrow-gauge steam locomotives and carriages [72]