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Class 692 501-0

Also known as:

VT 92 501

Vehicle type:

Diesel railcar

Registration country:

Germany

Railway companies:

DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn

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In service:

from 1951

Built by:

MAN - Augsburg-Nuremberg Machine factory

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1949

In the first years after World War II, the development of promising designs, chiefly in the diesel sector, formed an urgent task for the newly established German Federal Railroad. The DB therefore decided to use the VT 872 & 874 powered rail cars, which were no longer operational, as test vehicles.

In 1949, Augsburg-Nuremberg Machine factory was therefore given a contract to convert the two powered rail cars for new propulsion equipment. New road numbers were provided, VT 92 501 (former VT 872) and VT 92 502 (former VT 874). Actually, only road number VT 872 was converted.

1951

This unit, converted from VT 872 diesel railcar, is delivered in 1951.

Its old motor was removed and replaced by the new standard design mechanical equipment from MAN, Maybach, or Daimler-Benz. The electrical drive was abandoned and replaced by hydraulic drives from Maybach or Voith. The interior was not the only thing that was transformed. An external metamorphosis was also done. The unit was given a totally new superstructure with a streamlined shape ("Egghead") and it thereby became the prototype for all powered railcars of the first new construction program for the DB (ET 30/56, ETA 176, VT 08/12). In addition, road number VT 92 501 also made an important contribution to the development of the V 200 large diesel locomotive. The first paint scheme for road number VT 92 501 had an orange/brown window band and beneath it a reddish brown paint job, which resulted in the nickname "Potato Beetle". After completion of the experiments, road number VT 92 501 was given a standard crimson paint scheme.

Sources: http://www.vt92.de/his1949.htm

1956

Starting in 1956, it was based at Nürnberg Main Station and ran as a "locomotive" pulling limited stop fast trains and passenger trains to Amberg, Bayreuth, and Furth im Wald, since a passenger area was no longer present in it. In the early Sixties, it was assigned to the Nürnberg maintenance facility as a towing unit to transfer damaged diesel-powered units as well as trailer cars and cab control cars or units due for regular maintenance.

1968

Unit VT92 501 receives new registration number 692 501-0.

1978

December 21

In 1978, the maintenance deadlines came due for this rail car and since there was no compelling reason to maintain it anymore, it is retired on December 21st, 1978.

2005

For a long time, the railcar rotted at the Nürnberg Transportation Museum before beeing sold at the end of 2005 to a group of railroad enthusiasts, which intend to restore it completely.

More details regarding the refurbishment project can be found here: www.vt92.de

Sources: http://www.vt92.de

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