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Siemens SD-100 and SD-160
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Siemens Mobility· from 1994· Descrption of the Light Rail car.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. San Diego Trolley Santee Trolley Town Center: Josh Truelson· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. Denver RTD light rail train: Greg Goebel from Loveland CO, USA· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Calgary Transit SD-160NG: TheCanadianWikier· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Siemens SD-160 Calgary 2231: KigoNico· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 18th-stout-rtd: Dtobias· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Arapahoe-2007-06: Calvinhc at English Wikipedia· Public domain
- 7. BeyondUnion-2007-06: Calvinhc at English Wikipedia· Public domain
- 8. Brdwyandi25rtd: Gtj82· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Colfaxatauraria: Jeffrey Beall· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Denver I25&Broadway Station: Mobyll at English Wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The Siemens SD-100 and SD-160 are two related types of high-floor light rail vehicles (LRV), manufactured by Siemens Mobility for the North American market. A total of 431 vehicles were built by Siemens in Florin, California from 1992 to 2013. The SD-100 began production in 1992, and is equipped with direct current traction motors and folding doors.
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 32 years ago, in 1994.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 24.8 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 32 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- status
- in service
- number built
- 431
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Siemens Mobility, Siemens
- operators
- Regional Transportation District, San Diego Trolley, Calgary Transit, Edmonton Transit Service
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600-750 V DC overhead lines
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’2Bo’
- length
- 24.8 m
- weight
- 40.4 t
- capacity
- 60 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4049454, Wikipedia: Siemens SD-100 and SD-160 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.