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BDŽ class 81 01-03
🇭🇺 Hungary ·built by Ganz Works· from 1941· Four-axle diesel–mechanical railcar
what is it?
The vehicles of the BDŽ class 05 01-03 (later class 81 01-03) were four-axle Diesel–mechanical railcars designed for the 760 mm narrow-gauge railways of the Bulgarian State Railways (BDŽ).
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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Weighs about as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 34 years (1941–1975).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1941
- in service from
- 1941
- retired
- 1975
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇭🇺 Hungary
- builders
- Ganz Works
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- —
- length
- 17 m
- weight
- 25 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q25483362, Wikipedia: BDŽ class 81 01-03 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.