Ten Thousand Horses

Probably every German's favourite electric, the mighty class 103, legendary, iconic, and absolutely powerful, probably the world's most powerful single-frame engine.

Built: 1970-1974
Retired: 2006
Lenght over buffers: 20,2m
Weight: 114t
Wheel arrangement: Co'Co'
[two bogies with three powered axles]
Maximum speed: 200km/h (125mph)
With altered gearing: 280km/h (175mph)
Continous power output: 9980hp

Note that extremely high peak power outputs could be achieved. If the driver knows what he's doing, he can sustain the maximum traction force of 312kN from zero to a speed of 140km/h, which would be equal to a power output of above 16000hp! This isn't a machine, it's a monster, the beauty and the beast, all in one...

EDIT: I could also offer a 103 by :[link]
and another one by myself: [link]