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Flying Hamburger by ~ZCochrane:iconZCochrane:

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Submitted: May 15, 2008
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Date Picture Taken: May 13, 2008, 3:12:02 PM

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In the 1930s, the Deutsche Reichsbahn built several fast DMUs for high-speed traffic. High speed meant 160 kph (100 mph) at the time, which is still not really bad. The so-called "Fliegender Hamburger", named so because it connected Berlin with Hamburg at speeds that compared favorably to those of planes of the time, was technically only one specific trainset, the prototype, but I think it's acceptable to call all of them that way.

This unit managed to survive the war and the years after it, and is now, together with many other historic railroad vehicles (like the class 52 steam engine behind it) parked on Leipzig Main Station's track 24.
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~mikopol:iconmikopol: May 15, 2008, 11:56:31 AM
Is it some museum? This hall is wonderful!
~ZCochrane:iconZCochrane: May 15, 2008, 12:04:31 PM
It's a museum track, really. It's right in the middle of a busy railroad station.

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Güter auf die Bahn!
~HerrDrayer:iconHerrDrayer: May 15, 2008, 12:32:44 PM
Darf Mann durch gehen?
~HerrDrayer:iconHerrDrayer: May 15, 2008, 12:34:50 PM
The prototype started running more than a year before the Union Pacific M-10,000 and Burlington "Pioneer Zephyr" entered service.
~ZCochrane:iconZCochrane: May 15, 2008, 12:40:30 PM
Leider nicht, ich wäre gerne durchgegangen.

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Güter auf die Bahn!
~ZCochrane:iconZCochrane: May 15, 2008, 12:41:25 PM
Interesting, I didn't know that. And to be honest, I like the design better than either of these two american trains.

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Güter auf die Bahn!
~shenanigan87:iconshenanigan87: May 15, 2008, 12:51:06 PM
Schick schick, immer schön zu sehen, wenn etwas überlebt :) Und die 160 sind auch für heutige Maßstäbe nicht schlecht, schneller kann mein RE auch nicht ;)

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~ZCochrane:iconZCochrane: May 15, 2008, 2:09:15 PM
Ich würde es ja mal begrüßen, wenn die ein paar von diesen Dingern als RE einsetzten würden. Klar, wäre etwas eng, aber verdammt cool.

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Güter auf die Bahn!
~shenanigan87:iconshenanigan87: May 15, 2008, 2:23:05 PM
Da würden glaub ich weniger Leute reinpassen als in nen einzelnen Dosto Waggon, aber das hätte sowas von Style... Ich stell mir grad vor wie die Leute schauen würden, wenn anstatt dem gewohnten Wendezug ne fahrende Legende angerollt kommt XD

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