#6226· DR-Baureihe VT 2.09
DR Class VT 2.09
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by Volkseigener Betrieb· class of East German 4-wheeled railbuses
9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DR Baureihe 172: Liesel· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DR VT 2.09 972 502-9 Ferkeltaxe Dresden- Neustadt 2: Paulae· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. VT 2 09 003: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. DR VT 2.09 972 502-9 Ferkeltaxe Dresden-Neustadt 3: Paulae· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. DR VT 2.09 972 502-9 Ferkeltaxe Dresden-Neustadt: Paulae· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. DR VT 2.09 Nr. 772 413-1 Ferkeltaxe 2: Paulae· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. DR VT 2.09 Nr. 772 413-1 Ferkeltaxe: Paulae· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. DR VT 2.09 Nr. 972 502-9 Ferkeltaxe 10: Paulae· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. DR VT 2.09 Nr. 972 502-9 Ferkeltaxe 11: Paulae· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
DR class VT 2.09 were light railcars of Deutsche Reichsbahn in the GDR. They were designed and built by Waggonbau Bautzen. In 1970 they were renumbered into classes 171/172, and in 1992 into classes 771/772.
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
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.6 m long: about 3 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
- —
- number built
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- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- Volkseigener Betrieb, Waggonbau Bautzen
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Bahn
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 132 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 1A (powered car)
- length
- 13.6 m
- weight
- 15.6 t
- Dutch name
- DR-Baureihe VT 2.09
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q638113, Wikipedia: DR Class VT 2.09 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.