DB Class VT 11.5
| DB VT 11.5 DB Classes 601 and 901 |
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Class 601 in TEE livery, 1970 Munich Hauptbahnhof
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| Number(s) | VT 11 5001–5019 601 001–019 |
| Quantity | 19 power cars |
| Manufacturer | MAN, LHB, Wegmann |
| Year(s) of manufacture | 1957 |
| Retired | 1988 (DR 1991) |
| Axle arrangement | B'2+2'2'+2'2'+2'2'+2'2'+2'2'+2'B |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Length over couplers | 130,720 mm (428 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
| Width | 3,012 mm (9 ft 10 5⁄8 in) |
| Wheelbase | 3,400 mm (11 ft 1 7⁄8 in) (powered bogie) 2,300 mm (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) (carrying bogie) |
| Service weight | 214 t (211 long tons; 236 short tons) |
| Axle load | 18 t (18 long tons; 20 short tons) |
| Top speed | 160 km/h (99 mph) |
| Installed power | 2 × 760 kW (1,030 PS) MTU or 2 × 810 kW (1,100 PS) Maybach |
| Driving wheel diameter | 950 mm (37.40 in) |
| Carrying wheel diameter | 900 mm (35.43 in) |
| Motor make/model |
MTU 12V 538 TA 10 or Maybach MD650/aB |
| Motor type | (?) |
| Nominal rpm | 1,500/min |
| Power transmission | hydraulic |
| Tank capacity | 2 × 2,150 L (470 imp gal; 570 US gal) |
| Brakes | Disc brake, Electromagnetic track brake |
| Couplers | Scharfenberg |
| Seats | 122 + 46 in the dining section |
| Coach class | 1st |
The trainsets of Class VT 11.5 (often simply called TEE) were diesel multiple units built by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) in 1957 and used for Trans Europ Express (TEE) services. Perceived as flagships of the DB rolling stock, they carried first-class seating only. When the UIC numbering scheme became effective on 1 January 1968, the power heads of the trainsets were renamed to Class 601 whilst the middle cars became Class 901 according to the DB locomotive classification. They were used for TEE service from 1957 until 1972 and thereafter on German InterCity services.
The VT 11.5 was based on the prewar DRG Class SVT 137 and the innovative designs by Franz Kruckenberg as well as on the experiences with the postwar DB Class VT 10.5. Mostly the trainsets consisted of two motor units built by MAN AG, one dining and kitchen car, one dining and bar car built by Wegmann & Co., and three coaches assembled by Linke-Hofmann-Busch. The weight of a seven-unit trainset was 230 t (230 long tons; 250 short tons), the length was 130 m (426 ft 6 1⁄8 in). Motor units and coaches were coupled by automatic Scharfenberg couplers, thus allowing trainsets up to ten units and coupling of two trainsets.
From 1963 a second series of these trains were sold to the Danish State Railway (DSB) for use as national express trains (lyntog, meaning lightning trains). This was a modified version which could be separated into two independent units and loaded onto the Great Belt ferries, and a total of 5 1⁄2 whole or 11 half units were sold. It was given the designation "litra MA", ranging from MA 460 to 470. In 1990 these trains were phased out from Danish service and donated to a Polish railway (first private in Poland - Lubuska Kolej Regionalna Spółka z o.o.). After collapsing private railway (1994), all these trains were scrapped. MA 460 survives at the Danish Railway Museum.
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