#4971
VR Class Dm10
🇫🇮 Finland ·built by VR Group· from 1994· experimental diesel multiple unit built by VR Group's Pieksämäki workshop in 1994
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. VR Dm10 class 4301: Nikolas Lintulaakso· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 2. 06 964 Bw Savonlinna, Dm10 4301: Falk2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 06 966 Drehbrücke Savonlinna, Dm10 4301: Falk2· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Dm10 was an experimental diesel multiple unit built by VR Group's Pieksämäki workshop in 1994. It was based on a blue passenger carriage, Eit 23018, which was fitted with two diesel engines taken from HKL buses 601 and 608. The train had 80 no-smoking seats and had the driver selling tickets, which was unusual for Finnish conditions.
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 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 31.2 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 12 years (1994–2006).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1994
- in service from
- 1994
- retired
- 2006
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- builders
- VR Group, Finnish State Railways
- operators
- VR Group, Finnish State Railways
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 157 kW
- gauge
- 1,524 mm Russian broad gauge
- formation
- 1 car
- length
- 31.2 m
- weight
- 53 t
- capacity
- 80 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7907506, Wikipedia: VR Class Dm10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.