![]() The SVT 877 was the prototype for the DRG Class SVT 137, first built in 1934/1935 for use in the FDt express train service. In regular service with the Deutsche Reichsbahn, starting on, this train ran the 286 kilometres (178 mi) between Hamburg and Berlin in 138 minutes with an average speed of 124.4 km/h (77.3 mph). This two-car train set had 98 seats and a top speed of 160 km/h (99 mph). The Schienenzeppelin led to the 1932 construction of the diesel-electric DRG Class SVT 877 "Flying Hamburger". The Schienenzeppelin made 180 km/h (112 mph) in 1933. In 1932 the propeller was removed and a hydraulic system installed. On 21 June 1931, the car set a speed record of 230.2 km/h (143.0 mph) on a run between Berlin and Hamburg. The first high-speed streamliner in Germany was the " Schienenzeppelin", an experimental propeller driven single car, built in 1930. The Schienenzeppelin on the Erkrath-Hochdahl steep ramp in 1931
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