List of Nigerian locomotive classes

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Nigerian locomotive classes include: [1]

Contents

Steam

Tender

River Class No. 183 "River Owe" near Port Harcourt, 1974 River Class loco No.183.jpg
River Class No. 183 "River Owe" near Port Harcourt, 1974
600 Class 4-8-0, Lagos 1974 Nigerian 2-8-0 No.611.jpg
600 Class 4-8-0, Lagos 1974
Garratt loco dumped at Lagos, 1974 Nigerian Garratt.jpg
Garratt loco dumped at Lagos, 1974

(number range incomplete)

Tank

Nigerian 0-6-0T No. 28, Lagos railway compound 1974 Nigerian tank loco.jpg
Nigerian 0-6-0T No. 28, Lagos railway compound 1974

(number range imperfect)

Diesel

Main line

Canadian-built 1-Co-Co-1 diesel No. 1714 at Lagos in 1974 Nigerian class 1704 diesel loco.jpg
Canadian-built 1-Co-Co-1 diesel No. 1714 at Lagos in 1974
Builder - English Electric
Date introduced - 1955
Engine - English Electric SRKT - 676 hp
Maximum speed - 55 miles per hour (89 km/h)
Wheel arrangement - Bo-Bo
Weight (in working order) - 52.76 tons
Number in class - 10
Builder - Electro Motive Division of General Motors
Date introduced - 1958
Engine - EMD 12-567C - 1310 hp
Maximum speed - 50 mph
Wheel arrangement - A1A-A1A
Weight (in working order) - 78.5 tons
Number in class - 25
Builder - Electro Motive Division of General Motors
Date introduced - 1977
Engine - EMD 12-645E - 1500 hp
Wheel arrangement - Co-Co
Weight (in working order) - 80 tons
Number in class - 30
Builder - Mak
Date introduced - 1961
Engine - MaK MA301FAK - 1170 hp
Maximum speed - 50 mph
Wheel arrangement - A1A-A1A
Weight (in working order) - 65.98 tons
Number in class - 7 (8th delivered in 1962)
Builder - AEI / Metropolitan Vickers
Date introduced - 1966
Engine - Sulzer LDA28C - 1300 hp
Maximum speed - 43 mph
Wheel arrangement - Co-Co
Weight (in working order) - 77.85 tons
Number in class - 27+2
Builder - Hitachi
Date introduced - 1972
Engine - MAN 6V 22/30ATL - 1500 hp
Wheel arrangement - 1Co-Co1
Weight (in working order) - 80 tons
Number in class - 12
Builder - Montreal Locomotive Works (Bombardier Inc)
Date introduced - 1972
Engine - ALCO 8.251E - 1500 hp
Wheel arrangement - 1Co-Co1
Weight (in working order) - 99.41 tons
Number in class - 54
Builder - General Electric (USA)
Date introduced - 1976
Engine - GE - FDL-12 - 2200 hp
Wheel arrangement - Co-Co
Weight (in working order) - 91.55 tons
Number in class - 6
Builder - General Electric (USA)
Date introduced - 1977
Engine - GE FDL-8 - 1820 hp
Wheel arrangement - Co-Co
Weight (in working order) - 82.13 tons
Number in class - 45
Builder - ABB
Date introduced - 1992
Engine - EMD 12-645E3B - 1750 hp (assumed)
Wheel arrangement - Co-Co
Weight (in working order) - 100 tons (assumed)
Number in class - 10
Builder - Hyundai - Based on an EMD design
Date introduced - After 1991
Engine - EMD 12-645E3B (assumed)
Wheel arrangement - Co-Co
Weight (in working order) - not known
Number in class - 5
Builder - Dalian Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works, China
Date introduced - 1996 to '99
Engine - type not known - 3000 hp
Maximum speed - 120 km/h (75 mph)
Wheel arrangement - Co-Co
Weight (in working order) - 90 tons
Number in class - 50

Shunting

Builder - MaK
Date introduced - 1958
Engine - MaK MS304 - 388 hp
Wheel arrangement - 0-6-0DH
Weight (in working order) - 40.1 tons
Number in class - 15 (18 originally built [2] )
Builder - Brush Traction
Date introduced - 1973/8
Engine - Ruston Paxman RPHXL MK7 - 364 hp
Wheel arrangement - 0-6-0DE
Weight (in working order) - 39.5 tons
Number in class - 42
Builder - North British
Date introduced - 1963
Engine - Paxman RPHL
Wheel arrangement - 0-8-0DH
Weight (in working order) - tons
Number in class - 2

On order

References

  1. ↑ "Nigerian Locomotives". Railways Africa. October 17, 2007. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "MaK - 400 C". loks-aus-kiel.de (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "25 Locomotives - Nigeria - GE Transportation". Railways Africa. May 7, 2009.
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