Is the plane coalesced with the bullet train? Propeller type train car "Scenene Zeppelin" 230 km / h, made in Germany in 1930

This object of a peculiar look as if the propeller aircraft and the Shinkansen fuse together, was built in Germany over 80 years agoSheenen ZeppelinExperimental next-generation railroad car called.

German aircraft engineerFranz Kruckenberg"Seinen Zeppelin", which was designed in 1929 and only one was manufactured in 1930, was not disbanded as a passenger car due to safety concerns but was dismantled in 1939, but a light weight made of aluminum It is a 600 horsepower V-type 12 cylinder engine in the body, and in 1931 it has established the fastest railway world record of 143 miles per hour (230.2 km / h). It seems that this record is still not broken as a gasoline propulsion formula.

Details are as below.Is it a plane? Is it a train? No, it's a prop-driven V12 locomotive!

"Shienenzeppelin" means "Zeppelin running on the rail"Zeppelin AirshipIt was named after a figure similar to.

Overall length 25.85 m ·Wheelbase19.6 m · height 2.8 m, the total weight of the car body is about 20 tons, that is about 40 people.


side. When we heard that the classification of ordinary cars in Japan is less than 5 tons in total body weight, medium size cars in less than 11 tons, BMW VI engine mounted in Sheenen Zeppelin only 510 kg in dry weight, 20 tons is lightweight by any means You can imagine that it is the lightness achieved by converting it.


The propeller is made of wood,TonericoIt seems that they use trees. Press the vehicle downwardDownforceIn order to obtain, the axis of rotation was tilted 7 degrees upwards from the horizontal.


Designer Franz Kruckenberg (second from left)


In the ultra lightweight body made of hydrodynamically designed aluminum, initially BMW's liquid-cooled 6-cylinder engine for aircraftBMW IV(250 horsepower: 180 kW) 2 aircraft and 4 bladed propellers were mounted, but after that the V type 12 cylinder engineBMW VI(600 horsepower: 450 kW), the propeller was improved to two blades, in 1931 it achieved 143 miles per hour (230.2 km / h) and updated the high-speed record of the world railroad. This BMI VI engine was later developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of JapanNinety-two type fighter planeEngine installed in "Vehicle type 500 horsepower engine"(Bet 's bell stands for BMW' s initial letter B) is the model that became the base.

At the Berlin station before departure, on the morning of June 21, 1931, which renewed the fastest railway record of the world between Karlstedt - delgentin on the path connecting Berlin and Hamburg.


The record of Seinen Zeppelin was dated February 19, 1954French National Railway CC 7100 type electric locomotive CC 7121Has never been broken for 24 years until it records 243 km / h, and it is still not broken as a gasoline engine rail car.

Although it is Shinen Zeppelin which was thought to be "the next generation high speed railway of a dream," there is a danger of using a propeller in a state opened at a crowded station and pulling a passenger car or a freight car because there is a propeller in the first place Because of the constraint which should be said as a concept disadvantage that it can not be done, only one prototype car was manufactured, and in fact it did not operate commercially.Weimar republicNazi did not show much interest in Sienen Zeppelin which can be said heritage of the era, in 1939 it was the owner of the timeGerman Empire RailwayThe aluminum of the car body is disassembled byMesserschmittIt is said that it was devoted to the material of fighter aircraft such as.