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Diesel Electric railmotor (VR)
🇦🇺 Australia ·built by Newport Workshops· from 1928· class of 10 Australian railcars
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DERMNewport Workshops: Alex1991 at en.wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The Diesel Electric Rail Motor (DERM) is a type of railmotor operated by the Victorian Railways in Australia.
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 98 years ago, in 1928.
- 17.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1928–1931
- in service from
- 1928
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel engine, Originally Petrol
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- builders
- Newport Workshops
- designer
- Electro-Motive Corporation
- operators
- Victorian Railways, V/Line
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 190 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- length
- 17.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5275010, Wikipedia: Diesel Electric railmotor (VR) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.