05-07-2013, 12:34 AM
The former East German railroad's ("Deutsche Reichsbahn") train was a diesel-hydraulic four car train with two hood units, powered by two 900 PS (prototype) and 1000 PS (series) diesel engines.
One prototype train was built in 1963, seven serie trains in 1965 - 1968. Additional were built eight center cars and two hood units.
The standard train was a four car train however a few trains was lengthened to five and one to a six car train.
The four car unit has a length of 322 1/2'. The maximum speed for the four car unit was 100 mph however in 70ties there did not exist tracks ready for this speed in East Germany or in other "red states".
These trains were built as fast trains for international service to Austria (Vienna - called "The Vindobona") and Sweden (Stockholm) representing the socialist East Germany as great technologic developed country. At end of services it runs to Czech (Karlovy Vary - as "Karlex") but the train was most known as Vindobona - also today yet.
Prototype train was removed and destroyed in 1977, most other units gone out of service in 80ties.
The trains have had first the classification VT 18.16 and with eintroduction of electronical registering the classification it changed to class 175. 1990 with reunion of Germany only one train was in usable condition and only this unit has got the class 675 after united German railroad classification system. This last train was retired 2003 and is now part of the German railroad museum. A second not run-capable train is used by a railroad social project - both trains are standing in Berlin. A third not running train exists for an youth project in Chemnitz (former Karl-Marx-Stadt) in Saxony.
One of best pictures can you find her Passenger train of GDR. You can find many more pictures in web with search terms "VT 175" or "VT 18.16".
One prototype train was built in 1963, seven serie trains in 1965 - 1968. Additional were built eight center cars and two hood units.
The standard train was a four car train however a few trains was lengthened to five and one to a six car train.
The four car unit has a length of 322 1/2'. The maximum speed for the four car unit was 100 mph however in 70ties there did not exist tracks ready for this speed in East Germany or in other "red states".
These trains were built as fast trains for international service to Austria (Vienna - called "The Vindobona") and Sweden (Stockholm) representing the socialist East Germany as great technologic developed country. At end of services it runs to Czech (Karlovy Vary - as "Karlex") but the train was most known as Vindobona - also today yet.
Prototype train was removed and destroyed in 1977, most other units gone out of service in 80ties.
The trains have had first the classification VT 18.16 and with eintroduction of electronical registering the classification it changed to class 175. 1990 with reunion of Germany only one train was in usable condition and only this unit has got the class 675 after united German railroad classification system. This last train was retired 2003 and is now part of the German railroad museum. A second not run-capable train is used by a railroad social project - both trains are standing in Berlin. A third not running train exists for an youth project in Chemnitz (former Karl-Marx-Stadt) in Saxony.
One of best pictures can you find her Passenger train of GDR. You can find many more pictures in web with search terms "VT 175" or "VT 18.16".
Cheers, Bernd
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You can read some more about my model projects and interests in my chronicle of facebook.