Taiwan Railway DR1000 gasoline railcar (first generation)

what is it?

The Taiwan Railway DR1000 gasoline railcar is a railcar used by the Taiwan Railways Administration. This article describes the first generation of the DR1000 units, and also describes the 18DR1010 railcar.

who runs it

Taiwan Railways AdministrationRDRailway Department of the Government-General of Taiwan

base stats

• built 11made in total

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 96 years ago, in 1930.
• ⌛Served for 31 years (1930–1961).

multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.

spec sheet

built

1930

in service from

1930

retired

1961

status

retired

number built

11

kind

multiple unit

traction

diesel

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

builders

Nippon Sharyo

operators

Taiwan Railways Administration, Railway Department of the Government-General of Taiwan

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,067 mm Cape gauge

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.