was 4:17 h, meaning an average speed of . The SVT service was halted in August, 1939. During World War II some of the trains were used by the Wehrmacht as military trains. After World War II some of the SVT 137 were handed over to other states. The SVT 137 274 was used in the American occupation zone; it was later transported to Fort Eustis, Virginia, USA, as a "technical interesting object". SVT 137 852 served the CSD in 1949 on the line Prague-Bratislava. SVT 137 855 entered service at the SZD USSR as trainset DP-14. The remaining SVT 137 were used by the Deutsche Bundesbahn as VT 04 / VT 06 and the Deutsche Reichsbahn as class 137, later class 183. DRG SVT 137 225 "Bauart Hamburg" (picture above) 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. References External links http://www.dbtrains.com/en/trainsets/epochII/SVT_Hamburg http://www.dbtrains.com/en/trainsets/epochII/SVT_Leipzig http://www.dbtrains.com/en/trainsets/epochII/SVT_Koln http://www.dbtrains.com/en/trainsets/epochII/SVT_Berlin http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/diesel/dmu/historic/SVT137/pix.html good picture site https://web.archive.org/web/20061231190335/http://www.verkehrsmuseum-dresden.de/de/presse/presse_Eisenbahnausstellung.htm 137 155 (Kruckenberg), German site http://www.hfi.tu-berlin.de/Foettinger/Projekte/SVT137155/svt137155.pdf Details about 137 155, German SVT 137 Diesel multiple units of Germany German streamliner trains High-speed trains of Germany Land speed record rail vehicles