TCDD DE11000 is a series of diesel-electric locomotives used by the Turkish State Railways

Turkish State Railways

The State Railways of the Turkish Republic or TCDD is the government owned, national railway carrier in the Republic of Turkey, headquartered in Ankara...

. The batch consisted of 85 units delivered from 1985. The first 20 locomotives were built by Krauss-Maffei

Krauss-Maffei

The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG or simply Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer and defence company based in Munich, Germany...

, the remaining 65 on licence by Tülomsaş

Tülomsas

TÜLOMSAŞ is a locomotive and wagon builder in Turkey. It is the main locomotive supplier of the Turkish State Railways and is one of the 2 companies that designs and assembles locomotives in Turkey along with EUROTEM. TÜLOMSAŞ is the largest company in Turkey in rail transport...

. There are two series of the locomotive, the first 15 having direct current

Direct current

Direct current is the unidirectional flow of electric charge. Direct current is produced by such sources as batteries, thermocouples, solar cells, and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type. Direct current may flow in a conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through...

 motors, the latter 70 having alternating current

Alternating current

In alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....

 motors. The units have Bo'Bo'

Bo-Bo

A Bo-Bo or Bo′Bo′ is a locomotive with two independent four-wheeled bogies with all axles powered by individual traction motors...

wheel arrangement and are powered by 720 kW engines (depending on model)

External links

• Tülomsaş on DE11000
• Trains of Turkey on DE11000