Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotive No. 262

Track Gauge: Standard (143.5cm)

Wheel Arrangement: 0-4-4-0 / Bo’Bo’

Use: Shunting

Maker: Alstom, Spain

Year Built: 1998

Engine: MTU 8V396TB14

Maximum Output: 1230hp

Overall Length: 14.1m

Weight: 72t

Israel Railways purchased 3 such locomotives as nos. 261-263. While colloquially known as “Yo-Yos”, the manufacturer’s designation for them was GA-DE 900 AS. They were the first Israeli locomotives equipped with advanced asynchronous traction motors, but were problematic and withdrawn after short service lives.