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The DRG Class SVT 137 was a class of streamlined diesel railcars of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft and later of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (as class VT 04) and the Deutsche Reichsbahn.[1]

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  1. 29 relations: AEG (German company), Alstom Transport Deutschland, Berlin, Bogie, Bratislava, DB Class VT 10.5, DB Class VT 11.5, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Deutsche Reichsbahn, Diesel locomotive, Diesel–electric powertrain, DRG Class SVT 877, East Germany, Fort Eustis, Franz Kruckenberg, Jacobs bogie, Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, Prague, Railcar, Railway speed record, Schienenzeppelin, Siemens-Schuckert, Soviet Union, Streamliner, United States, Virginia, Waggonbau Görlitz, Wehrmacht, World War II.

  2. Diesel multiple units of Germany
  3. German streamliner trains
  4. High-speed trains of Germany
  5. Land speed record rail vehicles
  6. Train-related introductions in 1935

AEG (German company)

; AEG) was a German producer of electrical equipment. It was established in 1883 by Emil Rathenau as the Deutsche Edison-Gesellschaft für angewandte Elektricität in Berlin. The company's initial focus was driven by electrical lighting, as in 1881, Rathenau had acquired the rights to the electric light bulb at the International Exposition of Electricity in Paris.

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Alstom Transport Deutschland

Alstom Transport Deutschland, formerly Linke-Hofmann-Busch, is a German manufacturing company originally established in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) to produce locomotives and rolling stock.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Bogie

A bogie (or truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.

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Bratislava

Bratislava (German: Pressburg or Preßburg,; Hungarian: Pozsony; Slovak: Prešporok), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river.

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DB Class VT 10.5

The VT 10.5 was a diesel multiple unit that was developed by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in the early 1950s. DRG Class SVT 137 and dB Class VT 10.5 are diesel multiple units of Germany.

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DB Class VT 11.5

The trainsets of Class VT 11.5 (often simply called TEE) were diesel multiple units built by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) in 1957 and used for Trans Europ Express (TEE) services. DRG Class SVT 137 and dB Class VT 11.5 are German streamliner trains.

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Deutsche Bundesbahn

The Deutsche Bundesbahn or DB (German Federal Railway) was formed as the state railway of the newly established West Germany (FRG) on 7 September 1949 as a successor of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG).

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Deutsche Reichsbahn

The Deutsche Reichsbahn, also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regional railways of the individual states of the German Empire. DRG Class SVT 137 and Deutsche Reichsbahn are Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft locomotives.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.

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Diesel–electric powertrain

A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is a transmission system for vehicles powered by diesel engines in road, rail, and marine transport.

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DRG Class SVT 877

The DRG Class SVT 877 Hamburg Flyer – sometimes also Flying Hamburger or in German Fliegender Hamburger – was Germany's first fast diesel train, and is credited with establishing the fastest regular railway connection in the world in its time. DRG Class SVT 137 and DRG Class SVT 877 are Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft locomotives, diesel multiple units of Germany, German streamliner trains and high-speed trains of Germany.

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East Germany

East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.

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Fort Eustis

Fort Eustis is a United States Army installation in Newport News, Virginia.

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Franz Kruckenberg

Franz Friedrich Kruckenberg (born on the 21st of August 1882 in Uetersen, Germany; died on the 19th of June 1965 in Heidelberg) was an engineer and pioneer of high speed railway systems.

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Jacobs bogie

Jacobs bogies (named after Wilhelm Jakobs,, 1858–1942, a German mechanical railway engineer) are a type of rail vehicle bogie commonly found on articulated railcars and tramway vehicles.

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Leipzig Hauptbahnhof

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (Leipzig main station) is the central railway terminus in Leipzig, Germany, in the district Mitte.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Railcar

A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers.

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Railway speed record

The world record for a conventional wheeled passenger train is held by a modified French TGV high-speed (with standard equipment) code named V150, set in 2007 when it reached on a section of track. DRG Class SVT 137 and Railway speed record are Land speed record rail vehicles.

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Schienenzeppelin

The Schienenzeppelin or rail zeppelin was an experimental railcar which resembled a Zeppelin airship in appearance.

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Siemens-Schuckert

Siemens-Schuckert (or Siemens-Schuckertwerke) was a German electrical engineering company headquartered in Berlin, Erlangen and Nuremberg that was incorporated into the Siemens AG in 1966.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Streamliner

A streamliner is a vehicle incorporating streamlining in a shape providing reduced air resistance.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Waggonbau Görlitz

The Waggonbau Görlitz Corporation (Görlitz Rolling Stock Corporation) has built locomotives and rolling stock since 1849.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

Diesel multiple units of Germany

German streamliner trains

High-speed trains of Germany

Land speed record rail vehicles

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRG_Class_SVT_137