FASTEST IN WORLD
GERMAN RAILWAY TRAIN
A maximum speed of 99.4 miles an hour, and an average speed of over one and a quarter miles a minute for a run of 178.3 miles makes the German Kailroads Company's new "Flying Hamburger" the fastest train in the world, and bring the German capital and Germany's greatest ocean harbour city forty minutes nearer to each other. It was the intention not to place this new train in service until the beginning of the summer season, but the test trips proved so successful that this month will see the present fast "FDtrains" on the Berlin-Hamburg route rcplaecd by this latest technical wonder. Moreover, the fare will be the same as the second-class fare, twentythree marks, or just under 12.9 pfennigs a mile. . The train—really a double coach, 137.8 ft long, with seats for 102 passengers—is driven by two MaybachDiesel motors generating 410 horsepower each. The motors and also the generators aro built in the running gear at the ends of the coach—a novel construction that reduces tho vibration of the coach itself and keeps the centre of gravity lower, thus giving greater stability. The running gear is aproned down close to the rails, the ends of the coach are curved downward, and the only projecting parts, are the exhaust pipe and the buffers, so that air resistance is reduced to a minimum. The interior, divided into a smoking and non-smoking section, is finished like the modern second-class coaches of the regular trains. ' The coach has a double braking system—a Knorr airbrake for application to the wheels, and an electro-magnetic brake for emergencies. When travelling at highest speed the train can be stopped within the three-quarters of a mile between the warning and tho stop signal. The brakes are applied automatically if the stop signal be disregarded. The International cahle news appearing In this Issue is.published by arrangement vrlth the Australian Press Association and the "Sun, "Herald," Newa Office, Limited.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 108, 10 May 1933, Page 9
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326FASTEST IN WORLD Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 108, 10 May 1933, Page 9
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