GA DE900 locomotives

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GA DE900
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Egyptian Railway GA DE 900
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel
Builder Meinfesa / Alstom
Build date1994-2000
Total produced75
Specifications
Configuration:
   UIC Bo-Bo
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Loco weight72-74 tonnes
Engine typeMTU 8V396TB14
Displacement185 mm (7.3 in) (stroke)
Cylinders 8 (V formation)
Cylinder size 165 mm (6.5 in) (diameter)
TransmissionAC electrical
Train brakes Electropneumatic
Performance figures
Maximum speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Power output900 kW (1,200 hp)
Career
Operators Egyptian National Railways, [1] Israel Railways, [2] GEO RAILMEX, [3] Swiss Federal Railways [4]

The GA DE900 is a family of 4 axle Bo'Bo' diesel electric locomotives manufactured in Spain, by Meinfesa.

Contents

The class derive from the RENFE Class 311 type locomotive developed by MTM, Ateinsa and Babcock & Wilcox.

Operators

Switzerland

Forty locomotives classified as SBB Am841 were produced for the state railways of Switzerland in 1994) [4]

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GA-DE 900 AC of Israel Railways

Israel

Three locomotives were manufactured for the Israel state railways (IR) in 1997. [2] [5] [6]

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GA DE900 locomotive at Israel Railways museum

Mexico

Two locomotives were manufactured for GEO RAILMEX of Mexico in 1997. [3]

Egypt

The Egyptian National Railways ordered 30 similar locomotives of type GA-DE 900 AC in 2000. [1] [7]

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