Source: vt92.de
Source: Hermann Maey - vt92.de
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1932
These are the first railcars to have a diesel-electric drive: in one bogie lay the diesel engine, in the other bogie two electric motors. They were the heaviest railcars of the German Railways at the time. They marked the end of powered rail cars derived from heavy, riveted passenger cars, but the application of the 410 horsepower Maybach motor for the first time was in turn the beginning of diesel-powered rail cars in main line use. This motor in an improved form was subsequently one of the mostly widely used on the DRG in express as well as regional powered rail cars.
These units are mainly used for shuttle services between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden.
Sources: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DR_872_bis_874, http://www.vt92.de/his1949.htm
1949
The initial plan also included the transformation of unit VT 874 in VT 92 502 but finally it didn't take place.
Sources: http://www.vt92.de/his1949.htm
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