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The trainsets of Class VT 11.5 (often simply called TEE) were diesel multiple units built by Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1957 and used for Trans Europ Express (TEE) services. They carried first-class seating only. When the UIC numbering scheme became effective on January 1, 1968, the power heads of the trainsets were renamed to Class 601 whilst the middle cars became Class 901. They were used for TEE service from 1957 until 1972 and thereafter on German InterCity services. == History == The VT 11.5 was based on the pre war Kruckenberg DRG SVT 137 155〔Das grosse TEE Buch p. 28〕 and the experiences with the postwar DB Class VT 10.5.〔Das grosse TEE Buch p. 31〕 Mostly the trainsets consisted of two motor units, one dining and kitchen car, one dining and bar car and three coaches.〔Reisen 1. Klasse p. 31.〕 The weight of a seven-unit trainset was 230 t, the length was 130 m. Motor units and coaches were coupled by automatic Scharfenberg couplers, thus allowing trainsets up to ten units and coupling of two trainsets.〔Reisen 1. Klasse p. 24.〕 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).〔Reisen 1. Klasse p. 50.〕 This was a modified version which could be separated into two independent units and loaded on to the Great Belt ferries, and a total of 5½ whole or 11 half units were sold.〔Reisen 1. Klasse p. 49.〕 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. 〔Reisen 1. Klasse p. 53.〕 MA 460 survives at the Danish Railway Museum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DB Class VT 11.5」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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