The JŽ series 611 is a historic vehicle of

Yugoslav Railways Yugoslav Railways ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslavenske željeznice/Jugoslovenske železnice, Југославенске жељезнице/Југословенске железнице; mk, Југословенски железници; sl, Jugoslovans ...

. It was a

diesel-electric multiple unit A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are als ...

made from

aluminium Aluminium (aluminum in American and Canadian English) is a chemical element with the symbol Al and atomic number 13. Aluminium has a density lower than those of other common metals, at approximately one third that of steel. I ...

alloy. It was nicknamed the "Aluminium train". A total of 3 units were made. The first examples had a weak

engine An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...

, but later models had a stronger one. They performed very well on level lines, but on mountain railways they suffered some damage.

History

* Service start: 1965/9/28 * Last year of service: 1974

External links

611
at railfaneurope.net Multiple units of Yugoslavia {{europe-rail-transport-stub Train-related introductions in 1965