TCDD MT5200 was a series of
diesel multiple units operated by the
Turkish State Railways
The State Railways of the Republic of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları), abbreviated as TCDD, is a government-owned national railway company responsible with the ownership and maintenance of railway infrastructure in Turkey ...
. On October 25, 1940, an order for six two-car diesel multiple units was placed with
MAN SE
MAN SE (abbreviation of ''Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg'', ) was a manufacturing and engineering company based in Munich, Germany. Its primary output was commercial vehicles and diesel engines through its MAN Truck & Bus and MAN Latin Ame ...
(MAN). Because of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, only the first two units were delivered, the remaining being delivered to other countries. Three units went to the
state railways of the
(First) Slovak Republic, ('Slovak Railways', sk, Slovenské železnice-SŽ), and one unit stayed in Germany with the
Deutsche Bundesbahn
The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway) was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG). The DB remaine ...
. In 1954 MAN delivered an additional two centre cars, to allow conversion to three-car units.
External links
Trains on Turkey page on MT5200
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Diesel multiple units of Turkey