Metro-Cammell DMU
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The Metro Cammell DMU is a diesel locomotive in Project 1000.
Statistics and information
Type: | Diesel Railcar |
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Introduction: | 1955 |
Withdrawal: | 2000 |
Speed: | 70mph |
Power: | 300hp |
Weight: | 32t |
Tractive Effort: | 40kN |
Capacity: | 20 Passengers and 10 bags of Mail |
Replaces: | AEC Railcar, AEC Railbus, 2-6-0 Mickey, 0-6-0 Pannier |
Replaced By: | Super Sprinter DMU |
The Metro Cammell DMU comes as a single "bubblecar", with cabs on both ends, when bought. Place a second one in the train to make them single-ended. A typical real-world consist would be two Metro Cammell DMUs with a standard passenger or mail car between them.
Prototype information
First generation DMUs made a big change to the railway scene from the mid 1950s on. Replacing smaller locomotive-hauled trains and older railbusses, their low running costs made less-trafficked lines viable again.Similar locomotives
The model in PJ1K is a [Class 101], the first and best-known of the early DMUs, but it can stand for any of the first-generation units.