DB Schienenbus
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The DB rail vehicle classes Baureihe 795, Baureihe 796, Baureihe 797 and Baureihe 798 are series of two-axled lightweight railbuses in use at the Deutsche Bundesbahn and later at Deutsche Bahn AG from the 1950s to the early 2000s. They were commonly called Schienenbus (lit. railbus) in German. Most of these vehicles were built by Waggonfabrik Uerdingen, though a number of other manufacturers built their own variant. Counting all franchisees, a total number of 1492 units was produced between 1950 and 1971.
Deutsche Bahn has decommissioned the vehicles by now, but a number of private train operating companies and heritage railways continue to use them. Some of the decommissioned vehicles were sold to Luxembourg, Turkey and Cuba.
[edit] External links
- Audio CD, includes an MP3 sample of a Class 796 unit's noise.
BR number: 601 | 602 | 605 | 608 | 610 | 611 | 612 | 612 alt | 613 | 613 alt | 614 | 618 | 624 | 627 | 628 | 629 | 633 | 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: Fliegender Hamburger | ICE TD | Integral | Schienenbus | TEE
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