The most powerful locomotives in history

In the industrial era with the invention of a locomotive with a steam engine, transportation of incredible volumes of cargo became possible. Modern trains can have a nuclear power plant; they are fast and capable of transporting loads of thousands of tons. We offer you to get acquainted with the ten most powerful locomotives of all ever created.

USA. Let's start with the American Pacific Union locomotive GTELs, whose power is 8.469 hp

Switzerland. Locomotive SBB-CFF-FFS Re 460 rated at 9.520 hp

Sweden. The SJ Dm3 locomotive operates there, its power is 9.655 hp.

Germany. 9.977 hp DB Class 103 locomotive

Switzerland. Locomotive SBB-CFF-FFS Re 620. Its maximum power is 10.527 hp.

Switzerland. Another locomotive from this country is SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 8/14. This monster has a power of 11,000 hp.

China. The power of the China Railways HXD1 locomotive is 12.874 hp.

China. The next version of the Chinese is the locomotive China Railways HXD2 with an increased power of 13.410 hp.

Russia. Our country also created one of the fastest locomotives - VL85, whose power is 13.437 hp.

Germany. But the most powerful of all is the German Iore locomotive. Its tremendous power is measured by 14,483 horsepower

Watch the video: The Top Ten Most Powerful Locomotives in the World (March 2024).

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