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- 1. MT5200: Demiryolu Magazine· CC0
what is it?
TCDD MT5200 was a series of diesel multiple units operated by the Turkish State Railways. On October 25, 1940, an order for six two-car diesel multiple units was placed with MAN SE (MAN). Because of World War II, only the first two units were delivered, the remaining being delivered to other countries.
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 82 years ago, in 1944.
- 618 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 47.2 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 127: 3 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
- 1944
- in service from
- 1944
- number built
- 2
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇹🇷 Turkey
- builders
- MAN SE
- operators
- Turkish State Railways
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 618 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 2-car, 3-car (1954–)
- length
- 47.2 m
- weight
- 90 t
- capacity
- 127 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7669654, Wikipedia: TCDD MT5200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.