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what is it?
The four-axled, driving railcars NWE T 1 to 3 were intended to provide more cost-effective railway services for the Nordhausen-Wernigeroder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft during times of low traffic demand. Only the T 1 had seats, the other two only a luggage compartment. On their takeover by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany after the Second World War they were given the numbers VT 137 561, 565 and 566.
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 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Weighs about as much as 5 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 26 years (1939–1965).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1939
- in service from
- 1939
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- MAN SE, Waggonfabrik Wismar, Brown, Boveri & Cie
- top speed
- 60 km/h
- power
- 242 kW
- gauge
- 1,000 mm metre gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 32.2 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q672072, Wikipedia: NWE T 1 to 3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.