EMD G16
RENFE 319.068
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| Type and origin | |
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| Power type | Diesel-electric |
| Builder | Electro-Motive Diesel - General Motors Diesel, Clyde Engineering, MACOSA |
| Specifications | |
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| Configuration: |
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| • AAR | C-C |
| • UIC | C'oC'o |
| Gauge |
1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) |
| Length | 18.471 m (60 ft 7 1⁄4 in) |
| Loco weight | 108 tonnes (106 long tons; 119 short tons) (Yugoslav subseries 000) 112 tonnes (110 long tons; 123 short tons) (Yugoslav subseries 100) |
| Fuel capacity | 3,028 litres (800 US gal; 666 imp gal) |
| Prime mover | 16-567C (Some changed to 16-645E) |
| Engine type | V16 diesel |
| Cylinders | 16 |
| Cylinder size | 8.5 in × 10 in (216 mm × 254 mm) |
| Performance figures | |
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| Maximum speed | 124 km/h (77 mph) |
| Power output | 1,800 bhp (1,300 kW), 1,826 or 1,925 bhp (1,362 or 1,435 kW) |
| Tractive effort | 26,000 kgf (255.0 kN) 26,000 kgf (57,000 lbf) (Egypt & Israel) |
| Career | |
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| Numbers | HŽ-2061 |
| Nicknames | "Kenedi" (former Yugoslavia) |
| Locale | Australia, Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Hong Kong, Israel, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Mexico, Serbia, Slovenia and Spain |
The EMD G16 is a diesel locomotive built by General Motors in the USA and under licence by Clyde Engineering in Australia and MACOSA in Spain. It has been used in Australia, Brazil, Egyptian Railways, Hong Kong, Israel Railways, Mexico, Spain, Yugoslav Railways and on the successor Croatian Railways, Slovenian Railways, Serbian Railways, Macedonian Railways, Railways of Republika Srpska, Kosovo Railways and Railways of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation.
The Victorian Railways bought six G16C locomotives locally built by Clyde Engineering, known as the X class. They are now operated by Pacific National.
In Brazil 41 locomotives were imported. The first eleven were introduced in 1962 and numbered 601–612, and the remaining thirty locomotives were imported in 1964–66. Thirty-seven locomotives still operating trains of the Vitória a Minas Railroad.
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