DR 137 055 bis 057

The Deutsche Reichsbahn railcars 137 055 to 057, together with 137 111 to 116, belonged to a railcar series first built as the 300 PS main-line railcar. After the prototype cars 137 025 to 027 gave good results, the Reichsbahn ordered three more of the same design from the Linke-Hofmann works in Breslau, delivered in 1934, and six further cars followed in 1935, with control cars bought alongside. All nine were based at Allenstein in East Prussia and were put back into service for the Wehrmacht in 1941 and 1942. They resemble the prototypes without the skirt, and carry an OM 85 engine of 300 PS instead of 410 PS, which lowered the top speed. After the war the cars went to the Czechoslovak ČSD, the Reichsbahn and the Deutsche Bundesbahn, where they became VT 51. The 137 116 survives as T 170 in Zeven.