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Tasmanian Government Railways DP class
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Drewry Car Co.· from 1937· tasmanian diesel railcar class
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- 1. TasGovtRlysDPclass: Hothguard11· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Tasmanian Government Railways DP class is a class of diesel railcars operated by the Tasmanian Government Railways.
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 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Served for 13 years (1937–1950).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1937
- in service from
- 1937
- retired
- 1950
- status
- retired
- number built
- 27
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Drewry Car Co., Tasmanian Government Railways, Commonwealth Engineering
- operators
- Tasmanian Government Railways
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,067 mm Cape gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q24088462, Wikipedia: Tasmanian Government Railways DP class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.