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    The Schienenzeppelin (German: [ˈʃiːnənˌtsɛpəliːn]) or rail zeppelin was an experimental railcar which resembled a Zeppelin airship in appearance. It was...
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    designed several high speed trains. His most famous design was the Schienenzeppelin. Kruckenberg was born into an old-established Hamburg merchant family...
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  • V150, the world's fastest wheeled train, on its record-breaking run Schienenzeppelin propeller-driven rail car Mallard, the world's fastest steam train...
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  • service in the British Isles. June 10 – The German rail zeppelin (Schienenzeppelin), an experimental propeller driven railcar, sets up a new world railway...
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    plaque on the outside wall. Wuppertal Suspension Railway Aérotrain Schienenzeppelin Suspension railway Thwaite, Malcolm (2005). "The George Bennie Railplane...
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    Leipzig station. Land speed record for railed vehicles Luxtorpeda Schienenzeppelin Class M 290.0 (Tatra 68) SVT 137 153 ff. Leipzig Wikimedia Commons...
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    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...
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  • whose spinning propellers makes him very popular with passengers. Schienenzeppelin Rob Rackstraw Merlin 783 An experimental tender engine with three chimneys...
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    around 1900 Stationary steam engine, 1930 1932 O-gauge model of the Schienenzeppelin Märklin Mobile Vision (digital camera mounted on a locomotive) Märklin...
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    of vehicle speed records List of high-speed trains High-speed rail Schienenzeppelin, experimental car, driven by propeller, speed record for rail vehicles...
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    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...
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    Road-rail vehicle Rail car mover- some of which resemble HiRail trucks Schienenzeppelin Railroad speeder Stadler GTW Unimog "Light Railcars and Railbuses"...
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    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...
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    material, the eponymous Trans-Europe Express was portrayed by the Schienenzeppelin first employed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1931 (footage of the large...
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    propeller has been tested on many terrestrial vehicles, including the Schienenzeppelin train and numerous cars. In modern times, propellers are most prevalent...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    No 137 901 - 903 SVT 137 155, designed by the constructor of the Schienenzeppelin, Franz Kruckenberg, built 1934–1938, diesel-hydraulic, three cars,...
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  • contemporary French hovercraft train, also powered by a jet engine Aerowagon Schienenzeppelin – a German propeller-driven railcar of 1929 Turboshaft Their efficiency...
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    Type 92 Kawasaki Ki-10 Messerschmitt M.20 Polikarpov R-5 prototype Schienenzeppelin Tupolev TB-3 Data from Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt-...
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  • 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...
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    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)...
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    (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)...
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  • Railways, designer Franz Kruckenberg engineer and designer of the Schienenzeppelin Alfred Lent railway construction in Prussia (including the Magdeburg-Halberstadt...
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  • layout in the Speicherstadt at Hamburg The Kyoto Railway Museum The Schienenzeppelin and the MO187 model railway show in Bad Driburg Pontonbrücke – pontoon...
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    Schienenzeppelin at Spandau Bahnhof in 1931....
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Kruckenberg he started the Flugbahn-Gesellschaft mbH to develop the Schienenzeppelins (railroad cars). Föttinger's patents for internal combustion engines...
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