A two part question about diesel locomotives?

Question

How much is a shunting diesel locomotive?

How much is a freight carrying diesel locomotive?

Answer 1

I found your answer very easy by using Google.com

Answer 2

First Q, the diesel engine runs a generator and depends on the size of the generator and traction motors.  Shunting is the coversion of power.

Second Q, I will have to refer to my chart.

I would like to add I worked on them for years.  I hope this helps.

Answer 3

If you mean cost, you are not going to get much change from £1 million  for either of these, freshly-outshopped.

2nd hand the price is naturally going to vary on account of age, condition, etc.

Weight? A class 08 or 09 diesel-electric shunter as used on UK railways weighs in at around 50 tons, while a heavy freight loco such as a class 66 will tip the scales at around 130 tons.

Tractive effort?

With the 08 and 09 shunter you are looking at 35,000 lbs, while the class 66 will deliver 58,000.

Speed?

The 08 has a top speed of 15-20mph while the 09 has a top speed of 27mph.

The class 66 has a top speed of 65mph.

Answer 4

Without getting too specific and just going by the numbers, in the U.S. a new diesel locomotive from either EMD (Electro-Motive Diesel) or General Electric will set you back roughly $2 million.  EMD currently offers their SD70ACe and General Electric their ES44AC (both models are upgrades of earlier designs to improve fuel efficiency and are meant to be very environmentally friendly).

Answer 5

Your question being?

How much do they cost, how  much do they weigh!

Please be a bit more specific.

Thank you.

Answer 6

About $1,700,000 for a mainline freight locomotive in the USA.   So don't break one :)

About $800,000-$1,000,000 for a new switcher (our name for a shunter).  It's pretty unusual for a new switcher to be sold though.  Most people re-task old mainline locomotives like GP38s or SD40s.  And even these are overkill for a lot of switching duties.  A respectable used loco can be had for $50,000 to $200,000 depending on size and need.

If you're in the UK, you'll probably still buy a USA locomotive because they're awesome.   But it'll require making it smaller (to fit in UK tunnels) and quieter (UK noise laws). That'll add to the cost of a mainline loco, not so much to a switcher as they tend to be smaller.  Fortunately, your £ buys over 2 $ now.