The Schienenzeppelin (German: [ˈʃiːnənˌtsɛpəliːn]) or rail zeppelin was an experimental railcar which resembled a Zeppelin airship in appearance. It was...

designed several high speed trains. His most famous design was the Schienenzeppelin. Kruckenberg was born into an old-established Hamburg merchant family...

V150, the world's fastest wheeled train, on its record-breaking run Schienenzeppelin propeller-driven rail car Mallard, the world's fastest steam train...

plaque on the outside wall. Wuppertal Suspension Railway Aérotrain Schienenzeppelin Suspension railway Thwaite, Malcolm (2005). "The George Bennie Railplane...

service in the British Isles. June 10 – The German rail zeppelin (Schienenzeppelin), an experimental propeller driven railcar, sets up a new world railway...

and a hydraulic system installed. The Schienenzeppelin made 180 km/h (112 mph) in 1933. 1932: The Schienenzeppelin led to the construction of the diesel-electric...

Leipzig station. Land speed record for railed vehicles Luxtorpeda Schienenzeppelin Class M 290.0 (Tatra 68) SVT 137 153 ff. Leipzig Wikimedia Commons...

whose spinning propellers makes him very popular with passengers. Schienenzeppelin Rob Rackstraw Merlin 783 An experimental tender engine with three chimneys...

around 1900 Stationary steam engine, 1930 1932 O-gauge model of the Schienenzeppelin Märklin Mobile Vision (digital camera mounted on a locomotive) Märklin...

in Mass Grave No. 14. The Aerowagon was a precursor to the German Schienenzeppelin railcar, the American M-497 Black Beetle railcar and the Soviet turbojet...

of vehicle speed records List of high-speed trains High-speed rail Schienenzeppelin, experimental car, driven by propeller, speed record for rail vehicles...

Road-rail vehicle Rail car mover- some of which resemble HiRail trucks Schienenzeppelin Railroad speeder Stadler GTW Unimog "Light Railcars and Railbuses"...

material, the eponymous Trans-Europe Express was portrayed by the Schienenzeppelin first employed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1931 (footage of the large...

propeller has been tested on many terrestrial vehicles, including the Schienenzeppelin train and numerous cars. In modern times, propellers are most prevalent...

network. The potential of these express trains was demonstrated by the Schienenzeppelin in its record run on 21 June 1931 when it reached a top speed of 230...

cars) 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 540 575 2007 Schienenzeppelin Franz Kruckenberg Schienenzeppelin Franz Kruckenberg concentrated (single railcar) Petrol...

No 137 901 - 903 SVT 137 155, designed by the constructor of the Schienenzeppelin, Franz Kruckenberg, built 1934–1938, diesel-hydraulic, three cars,...

2-mm layer of air Old Dominion University Maglev Otis Hovair SAFEGE Schienenzeppelin – a 1930s German train using a propeller, but on a conventional track...

contemporary French hovercraft train, also powered by a jet engine Aerowagon Schienenzeppelin – a German propeller-driven railcar of 1929 Turboshaft Their efficiency...

Type 92 Kawasaki Ki-10 Messerschmitt M.20 Polikarpov R-5 prototype Schienenzeppelin Tupolev TB-3 Data from Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt-...

pillar design. A similar window pillar design had been used on the Schienenzeppelin railcar in 1929. From an operational point of view the Regio-Shuttle...

Berlin Stadtbahn had already opened in 1882. On 21 June 1931, the Schienenzeppelin (Rail Zeppelin) experimental rail car ran over the 257-kilometre (160 mi)...

(1882-1965), an engineer and pioneer of high speed railway systems, like the Schienenzeppelin Kurt Roth (1899–1975), painter, died in Uetersen Werner Lange (1917–1979)...

Railways, designer Franz Kruckenberg engineer and designer of the Schienenzeppelin Alfred Lent railway construction in Prussia (including the Magdeburg-Halberstadt...

layout in the Speicherstadt at Hamburg The Kyoto Railway Museum The Schienenzeppelin and the MO187 model railway show in Bad Driburg Pontonbrücke – pontoon...

Schienenzeppelin at Spandau Bahnhof in 1931....

straight, was used in the late 1920s for high-speed tests. In 1931, the Schienenzeppelin of Franz Kruckenberg reached a world speed record of 230 km/h in Karstädt...

from German banks, which by mid-July have all closed. June 10 – The Schienenzeppelin, an experimental propeller driven railcar, sets up a new world railway...

Kruckenberg he started the Flugbahn-Gesellschaft mbH to develop the Schienenzeppelins (railroad cars). Föttinger's patents for internal combustion engines...