SVT137

Gützold SVT137

The DRG Class SVT 137 was a class of streamlined diesel railcars of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft and later of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (as class VT 04) and the Deutsche Reichsbahn, 133 units were built between 1934-36

DRG SVT 137 225 "Bauart Leipzig" was used by the GDR government until 1975. In 1991 this train was repainted in its original colours, today it is exhibited at Leipzig Hauptbahnhof.

 

This model is a SVT137 made in the ‘60s by Gützold in Zwickau, it was acquired because  of the unique journey of a three-car SVT 137 from Berlin to the Rennsteig in September 1951. Here it stops at Ilmenau-Bad station on the return journey. The second gentleman from the right is the driver, Mr. Schmidt, the railway administrator of Frauenwald and current train dispatcher and the owner of the Berlin travel agency Tramando and current tour guide, Mr. Ellersiek.