Vossloh DE 18

{{Infobox locomotive

| name = Vossloh DE 18

| powertype = Diesel-electric

| image = Vossloh DE 18 Hannover.jpg

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| builder = {{flagicon|DEU}} Vossloh, Kiel

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| builddate = 2010–present

| totalproduction = 191 (as of September 2024){{cite web |url=http://www.loks-aus-kiel.de/index.php?nav=1407867&lang=1|title= Vossloh - G 18 / DE 18 |author=www.loks-aus-kiel.de |language= de|access-date=29 September 2024}}

| uicclass = Bo′Bo′

| gauge = {{RailGauge|sg}}

| minimumcurve = {{convert|55|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.vossloh-locomotives.com/cms/media/downloads/pdfs/prospekte/Vossloh_Locomotives_Productflyer_de_en.pdf |title=The custom-made future is your choice - Product flyer |author=Vossloh Locomotives |year=2010 |page=12 |language=en, de |access-date=18 March 2012 |archive-date=25 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325084313/https://www.vossloh-locomotives.com/cms/media/downloads/pdfs/prospekte/Vossloh_Locomotives_Productflyer_de_en.pdf |url-status=dead }}

| trucks =

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| length = {{convert|17.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|3.08|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|4.31|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

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| locoweight = {{convert|80|-|90|t|abbr=on}}

| fueltype = #2 to #6 Diesel fuels

| fuelcap = {{convert|4100|L|abbr=on}}

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| enginetype = MTU 12V4000R43L

| aspiration = Turbocharged

| rpmrange = 1,800 rpm

| displacement = {{convert|57.240|litre}}

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| cylindercount = 12

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| transmission = AC-AC

| maxspeed = {{convert|120|km/h|abbr=on}}

| poweroutput = {{convert|1800.0|kW|abbr=on}}

| tractiveeffort = {{convert|291|kN|abbr=on}}

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| locale = Germany

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| disposition = in test

| wheeldiameter = {{convert|1,000|mm|in|2|abbr=on}} (new)
{{convert|920|mm|in|2|abbr=on}} (worn)

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The Vossloh DE 18 is a Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotive. It is the first new diesel-electric locomotive to be built in Kiel since production of the DE 1002 ended in 1993.{{not in ref|date=August 2023}} Up to 60% of the components are shared with the diesel-hydraulic G 18.

Operations

The prototype locomotive was shown together with the smaller, diesel-hydraulic G 12 on InnoTrans 2010. The launch customer for the DE 18 was BASF, ordering 2 DE 18 locomotives for services at its plants in December 2011.{{cite press release| url = http://www.vossloh.com/en/press/press_releases/press_release_details_4449.html| title = BASF orders 22 diesel locomotives from Vossloh| date = 14 December 2011| publisher = Vossloh AG| location = Werdohl| access-date = 18 March 2012| archive-date = 22 April 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120422131230/http://www.vossloh.com/en/press/press_releases/press_release_details_4449.html| url-status = dead}}

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