DRG Class SVT 877

DR 877 a/b
*Flying Hamburger*
(*Fliegender Hamburger*)
DR 877 a/b; Flying Hamburger; (Fliegender Hamburger)
	Diesel-electric
UIC classification	2′Bo′2′
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The DRG Class SVT 877 Hamburg Flyer – sometimes also Flying Hamburger or in

Berlin–Hamburg line

(roughly 286 km or 178 mi). It entered service in 1933.

Development and technical data

The Hamburg Flyer, a train consisting of two cars – each having a driver's cab and passenger cabin – was ordered by the

Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft in 1932 from Waggon- und Maschinenbau AG Görlitz

(WUMAG). The train was delivered in 1932 and put into service in 1933.

The train was

kW

.

The train had a pneumatic brake developed by Knorr-Bremse and an electromagnetic rail brake. At 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph), it needed 800 metres (2,600 ft) to come to a halt.

The train had 98 seats in two saloon coaches and a four-seat buffet. The Hamburg Flyer was the prototype for the later trains of the DRG Class SVT 137, which were called Hamburg, Leipzig, Köln and Berlin.

As a sign of its exclusivity, the Hamburg Flyer was painted cream and violet – like the coaches of the

Rheingold Express

train.

The success of this design led

Henschel to develop the streamlined and steam-powered Henschel-Wegmann Train in 1935 which boasted a comparable performance on the routes between Berlin and Dresden

.

Employment by the Deutsche Reichsbahn

From 15 May 1933, the train ran regularly between Berlin (

ICE trains between the two cities in May 1997.^{[citation needed}

]

During World War II, the diesel trains saw no service. After 1945 they were confiscated by the French occupation army and were used in France until 1949. 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). Only the driver's cab, the engine compartment and the saloon are preserved, the other parts were scrapped; the existing remains are preserved in the Nuremberg Transport Museum. A set of the Series SVT 137, which had previously been refitted for DDR government use, is preserved complete at Leipzig station.^[1]

References

^ SVT 137 153 ff. Leipzig

External links

On display at the Leipzig main station
"Test Train At 100-mile clip" Popular Science, March 1933, article at bottom of page 21
Winchester, Clarence, ed. (1936), "The Flying Hamburger", Railway Wonders of the World, pp. 173–176 contemporary illustrated description of the train

[1] SVT 137 153 ff. Leipzig

[1]

v t e Classes of German DMUs
BR number	601 602 605 608 610 611 612 612 alt 613 613 alt 614 618 624 627 628 629 632 633 633 alt 634 636 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 648 650 660 670 672 675 690 691 692 699 771 772 795 796 797 798
Pre-1968 classes	VT 04.0 VT 04.1 VT 04.5 VT 06 VT 07.5 VT 08.5 VT 10.5 VT 11.5 VT 12.5 VT 23.5 VT 24 VT 25.5 VT 30 VT 32 VT 33 VT 36.5 VT 38 VT 45.5 VT 46.5 VT 50 VT 51 VT 60.5 VT 62 VT 63 VT 66 VT 69 VT 70 VT 72 VT 75 VT 78 VT 79 VT 86 VT 88 VT 89 VT 90.5 VT 92.5 VT 95 VT 97 VT 98
Old DRG numbers	VT 7 VT 10 VT 20 VT 133 VT 135 VT 137 SVT 137 VT 814 VT 815 SVT 877
DR in the GDR	171 172 173 175 181 183 184 185 186 187 188 VT 2.09 VT 4.12 VT 12.14 VT 18.16
Special trains	Flying Hamburger ICE TD Integral TEE
Diesel railbuses	Esslingen railbus MAN railbus Uerdingen railbus Wismar railbus RegioSprinter

Development and technical data

Employment by the Deutsche Reichsbahn

See also

References

External links