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5 unusual facts about Deutsche Bundesbahn


Deutsche Bundesbahn

Heinz Dürr, 1 January 1991 - 31 December 1993 (thereafter the head of newly formed Deutsche Bahn AG).

Donnerbüchse

The DB replaced the original wooden benches, in many cases, by upholstered seating.

Frankfurt Hauptwache station

Deutsche Bundesbahn committed to build an S-Bahn network in 1962, but no new line was opened until 28 May 1978, when the first section of the City Tunnel from the central station to Hauptwache was opened.

Heinz Dürr

Dürr was chairman of the board of AEG from 1980 to 1990, and from 1991 he served as executive board chairman of Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn, Germany's state-owned railways.

Silberling

Silberling is the colloquial name for the n-coaches of the Deutsche Bundesbahn, a type of regional passenger coach of which more than 7,000 units were built from 1958 to 1981.


DR Class 243

Also, increasing numbers of 243s were reallocated to Freiburg and Düsseldorf for testing by Deutsche Bundesbahn.

Prien am Chiemsee station

Deutsche Bundesbahn stationed a locomotive of class 323 in Prien for local freight traffic after the Second World War.


see also

Class 66

DB Class 66, a Deutsche Bundesbahn 2-6-4 steam locomotive class

DRB Class 03.10

In 1949 and 1950, the 26 Class 03.10 locomotives remaining with the Deutsche Bundesbahn were refurbished by Henschel in Kassel.

DRG Class ET 85

These vehicles were not just employed in Munich suburban services but also by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in the Black Forest on the Three Lakes Railway and the Wehra Valley Line.