#6002
VR Class Dr19
🇪🇸 Spain ·built by Stadler Rail Valencia· from 2022· class of Finnish diesel locomotives
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dr19 Tampereella: Vertti Kontinen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Dr19 2850 Kolari 2025-12-19 (2): Taavi Väänänen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Dr19 2850 Kolari 2025-12-19: Taavi Väänänen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Dr19 Kolari shunting car carrier wagons: Taavi Väänänen· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Dr19 locomotive in Tornio 20250119 001: Mikko J. Putkonen (Methem)· CC BY 4.0
- 6. Dr19 Vuosaari: Antti Leppänen· CC BY 4.0
- 7. Rk coach with Dr19: Antti Leppänen· CC BY 4.0
- 8. VR Dr19 in Hämeenlinna 20260801: VynedJ· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Dr19 is a class of diesel-electric locomotives primarily used in freight traffic by VR Group. VR has ordered 60 locomotives from Stadler Rail Valencia that are due to be delivered by the end of 2026, and has options for 100 more. The first Dr19 locomotive arrived in Finland for testing in 2022, and entered commercial service in May 2023.
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 4 years ago, in 2022.
- Weighs about as much as 15 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 4 years (2022–2026).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 2022
- in service from
- 2022
- retired
- 2026
- status
- retired
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- builders
- Stadler Rail Valencia
- operators
- VR Group
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 18 m
- weight
- 88 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q97189775, Wikipedia: VR Class Dr19 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.