Three-phase express railcar
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High-speed locomotive on the Marienfelde-Zossen test track, 1903
In 1899, Siemens, AEG and other companies joined forces to improve the operation of express trains.
In 1903, a three-phase express railcar from Siemens attained a sensational maximum speed of 210 km/h on the Marienfelde-Zossen test route near Berlin.