List of Nigerian locomotive classes
Nigerian locomotive classes include:[1]
Steam
Tender
(number range incomplete)
- River class locomotive - 2-8-2 #174-#217
- 101 2-8-0 Gold Coast
- 101 0-8-0T Rebuilt
- 101 2-8-2 River 1948
- 151 4-8-0
- 211 4-8-0
- 244 4-8-0
- 255 4-8-0
- 301 4-8-0
- 401 4-6-0
- 405 4-6-2
- 451 4-6-4T
- 501 4-6-2+2-6-4 Garratt
- 601 4-8-0
- 651 2-8-2 USATC S118
- 671 4-8-0 Ex 244
- 701 4-8-2
- 751 2-8-2 Nfd Ry 1020
- 801 2-8-2
- 806 4-8-2
- 901 4-8-2+2-8-4 Garratt
Tank
(number range imperfect)
Diesel
Main line
- 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
- 1101 - 1125
- 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
- 1126
- 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
- 1201 - 1207
- 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)
- 1401
- 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
- 1601
- 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
- 1701
- 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
- 1801
- 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
- 1807
- 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
- 1901
- 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
- 2001
- 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
- 2101 - 2150
- 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
- 901 [2]
- 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])
- 921
- 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
- 891
- 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
- ^ "Nigerian Locomotives". Railways Africa. October 17, 2007. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009.
- ^ a b "MaK - 400 C". loks-aus-kiel.de (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "25 Locomotives - Nigeria - GE Transportation". Railways Africa. May 7, 2009.