Dongfeng DMU

what is it?

The Dongfeng diesel multiple unit, also known as the Dongfeng motor coach, and NM1, was a DMU of Ministry of Railways, and was also the first diesel-hydraulic power car and double deck passenger car of China, built by Qingdao Sifang in 1958. The train consisted two motors and four double deck trailers, and was designed for short, commuter services. Each motor has two DV12A high speed diesel engines, and has the SF2006-1 hydraulic transmission.

who runs it

Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China

base stats

• weight 65 tin working order
• seats 816passengers
• built 1made in total

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

• 🐘Weighs about as much as 11 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏20.4 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🧍Seats 816: 16 full city buses (~50 seats each).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

—

retired

1982

status

retired

number built

1

kind

NM1

traction

diesel

origin

🇨🇳 China

builders

CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.

designer

Sifang Locomotive Factory, Dalian Locomotive, Shanghai Jiaotong University

operators

Ministry of Railways of the People's Republic of China

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

B-B

formation

Mc-T-T-T-T-Mc

length

20.4 m

weight

65 t

capacity

816 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.