Berlin–Hamburg railway
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The Berlin–Hamburg railway is a roughly 286 km long railway line for passenger, long-distance and goods trains. It was the first high-speed line upgraded in Germany to be capable of handling train spe
Hamburger station in Berlin in 1850
Hamburger station and Lehrter station in Berlin in 1875
Berliner Bahnhof station; the link line to Klosterthor station is in the foreground
The 148 metre-long train hall in Hamburg
DRG Class SVT 877
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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 r
Berlin–Hamburg railway
…at the 52 km mark between Vietznitz and Paulinenaue, a world record for steam locomotives. On 15 May 1933, Germany’s first high-speed diesel train, DRG 877 Fliegender Hamburger ("Flying Hamburger"), was introduced on the line. With a travel time of two hours and 18 minutes the Fliegender Hamburger had an…
The express unit before its first trial run to at Lehrter station in Berlin.
DRG Class SVT 137 Hamburg (not the Flyer) at Leipzig main station