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what is it?
The Colorado Railcar DMU is a diesel multiple unit train that was manufactured by Colorado Railcar from 2002 to 2008. The DMU was offered in single-level and bi-level versions. The DMU was discontinued after Colorado Railcar shut down in 2008.
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 895 kW is about 11 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 9
- kind
- Diesel multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Colorado Railcar
- top speed
- 161 km/h
- power
- 895 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- length
- 25.9 m
- capacity
- 92 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q118900331, Wikipedia: Colorado Railcar DMU (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.