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List of Nigerian locomotive classes

Nigerian locomotive classes include:

Steam

Tender

(number range incomplete)

  • 56 0-6-2 Built by Kitson in 1914
  • 101 2-8-0 Gold Coast
  • 101 0-8-0T Rebuilt
  • 101 2-8-2 River 1948
  • 151 4-8-0
  • 157 2-8-2 “River Belwa” NBL 1949/50

River class locomotive - 2-8-2 #174-#217

  • 174 2-8-2 “River Gudi”
  • 207 2-8-2 "River Delimi"
  • 211 2-8-2 "River Karaduwa"
  • 217 2-8-2 “River Swashi”

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Tank

(number range imperfect)

Diesel

Main line

Builder - English Electric
Date introduced - 1955
Engine - English Electric SRKT - 676 hp
Maximum speed -
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 - 1155
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
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 )
  • 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

  • GE - 25 - due 2010

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