The DRG Class SVT 877 Flying Hamburger – or in German Fliegender Hamburger – was Germany's first fast diesel trainset; and it is credited with establishing the then-time fastest regular railway connection in the world. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a Multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered by one or more on-board Diesel Correctly named the "Baureihe SVT 877" (later "DB Baureihe VT 04 000 a/b"), the diesel-electrical powered train was used to carry passengers between Berlin and Hamburg. The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway was formed as the state railway of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany (FRG on September A number of vehicles use a diesel-electric Powertrain for providing locomotion. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Its service began in 1933. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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The Flying Hamburger, a trainset consisting of two cars – each having a driver's cab and passenger room – was ordered by the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft 1932 at the Waggon- and Maschinenbau AG Görlitz (WUMAG). The Deutsche Reichsbahn ( DR, "German Reich Railway" – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual Görlitz ( is a town in Germany on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland The trainset was delivered in 1932 and put into service in 1933. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
New features were the streamlined hull that has been developed in the wind tunnel, the lightweight construction and the diesel-electrical propulsion. A streamliner is any vehicle that incorporates streamlining to produce a shape that provides less resistance to air. A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects Each of the two wagons had a 12-cylinder diesel engine from Maybach with a direct current generator directly coupled to it. Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH (ˈmaɪbax (founded 1909 is a German luxury car manufacturer Direct current ( DC) is the unidirectional flow of Electric charge. The electrical engine was a Tatzlager-traction motor. Both engines developed together a power of 604 kW. The watt (symbol W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one Joule of energy per Second.
The train had a pneumatic brake developed by Knorr and an electromagnetic rail brake. At 160 km/h, it needed 800 meters to come to a halt.
The trainset had 98 seats in two saloon coaches and a four-seated buffet. The Flying Hamburger was the prototype for the later trainsets of the DRG Class SVT 137, which were called "Hamburg", "Leipzig", "Köln" and "Berlin". The DRG Class SVT 137 was a class of streamlined diesel train sets of the Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft and later of the Deutsche Bundesbahn
As a sign of its exclusivity, the Flying Hamburger was painted cream-coloured and violet – like the coaches of the Rheingold Express train. The legendary Rheingold-Express (Rhine Gold was a famous train riding between Hoek van Holland near Rotterdam and Basel, Switzerland a distance
The success of this design led Henschel to develop the streamlined and steam-powered "Henschel-Wegmann"-train in 1935 which boasted comparable performances on the routes between Berlin and Dresden. Henschel & Son (Henschel & Sohn is a German company situated in Kassel, best known during the 20th century as a maker of transportation equipment including Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German
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From 15 May 1933, the trainset traveled regularly between Berlin (Lehrter Bahnhof) and Hamburg's main station. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. To accomplish these 286 kilometers, the train needed 138 minutes – an astonishing average speed of 124 km/h. This performance was only equaled 64 years later, as the Deutsche Bahn began to use ICE trains between the two cities in May 1997. The InterCityExpress or ICE (German pronunciation) is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and neighbouring countries Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
During World War II, the diesel trainsets saw no service. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including After 1945 they were confiscated by the French occupation army and were used in France until 1949. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Deutsche Bahn put them into service again up to 1957, but with a red painted hull and a new type number (VT 04 000). Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Only the driver's cab, the engine room and the saloon are preserved, the other parts were scrapped; the existing remains are preserved in the Transportation Museum in Nuremberg. A set of the Series SVT 137, which had previously been refitted for DDR government use, is completely preserved at Leipzig station[1]. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong
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