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Diesel Tilt Train
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Downer Rail· from 2003· Class of Rollingstock operated by Queensland Rail in Queensland, Australia
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Cairns-tilt-train: Seo75· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Spirit Of Queensland - Diesel Tilt Train: Bearq07· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Diesel Tilt Train (DTT) is a type of high-speed tilting train, operated and maintained by Queensland Rail. The DTT operates on the North Coast line from Brisbane to Cairns, as part of Queensland Rail's Spirit of Queensland service.
who runs it
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
- First built 23 years ago, in 2003.
- 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.
- Still in service after 23 years.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2003
- in service from
- 2003
- status
- in service
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Diesel trainset with locomotive-style power cars
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Downer Rail
- operators
- Queensland Rail
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
- formation
- 2 diesel power cars on both ends + 7 cars=
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088465, Wikipedia: Diesel Tilt Train (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.