| Dm12 | |
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Dm12 number 4416 at Jyväskylä in 2006. |
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| In service | 2005– |
| Manufacturer | ČKD Vagonka |
| Constructed | 2004–2006 |
| Entered service | 2005 |
| Number built | 16 |
| Number in service | 16 |
| Formation | 1 car, length 25,200 mm (82 ft 8 in) |
| Fleet numbers | 4401–4416 |
| Capacity | 63 |
| Operator | VR Group |
| Line(s) served | Joensuu–Nurmes, Iisalmi–Ylivieska, Savonlinna–Parikkala, Tampere–Haapamäki, Karjaa–Hanko, Jyväskylä–Seinäjoki |
| Specifications | |
| Car length | 25,200 mm (82 ft 8 in) |
| Width | 2,850 mm (9 ft 4 in) |
| Height | 4,218 mm (13 ft 10.1 in) |
| Platform height | 550 mm (22 in) |
| Doors | 2 + 2 |
| Maximum speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) |
| Weight | 48 t (47 long tons; 53 short tons) |
| Engine(s) | 2 x MAN D2876 LUE 606 |
| Power output | 2 x 301 kW |
| Transmission | VOITH |
| Power supply | Diesel engine |
| Gauge | 1,524 mm (5 ft) |
The Dm12 is a diesel railcar operated by VR Group.
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The national Finnish rail operator VR Group ordered 16 diesel motor cars from the Czech manufacturer ČKD Vagonka, now ČKD Škoda Vagonka, in 2001.
VR was searching a diesel motor car to be used on low traffic regional services on non-electrified tracks years after the last of the earlier diesel motor car series had been decommissioned by the end of 1980s, and diesel locomotive pulled passenger trains had been found to be uneconomical for small-demand services. VR had earlier experimented with converting an old unpowered passenger car into a diesel motor car, but the prototype was never put to service and VR ultimately decided to acquire all-new cars. 16 Dm12 units were delivered in 2004–2006 and they entered commercial service in 2005. The units are used in regional and feeder services mostly in Eastern and Central Finland, but also on the Karjaa-Hanko route near the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The Dm12 is currently the only diesel motor car or DMU in operation in Finland.
The nicknames for the Dm12 are Peräkylän Pendolino (Backwoods' Pendolino), Skoda (after the manufacturer and Demari (from type designation Dm12).
At a maximum, three Dm12 units can be coupled into a train to increase capacity. Each car has two passenger compartments, two entrance vestibules and a driver's cabin at each end of the car. The driver cabins have air conditioning. There are two places for wheelchair-using passengers, the unit has lifting platforms for wheelchair access and the toilet is designed to be accessible to the disabled. The heating of the passenger compartments uses waste heat from the diesel engines.[1]
Dm12 units are painted in a distinctive red-gray colouring on a white background. As of January 2012, unit 4401 has been painted according to VR's white-green paintscheme.[2]
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:VR_Class_Dm12 VR Class Dm12] at Wikimedia Commons
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