The Railfaneurope.net Picture Gallery
Directory: /pix/de/electric/emu/historic/403

Last update: Fri Oct 23 18:11:24 CEST 2015
Pictures on this page: 34


Pictures:

403.jpg (79735 bytes)

DB 403 (Lufthansa) im Ausbesserungswerk Cannstatt, 1984

Photo by M.R.Koblischka (koblischka@t-online.de)



403000a1.jpg (103377 bytes)

ET 403 in Köln-Hauptbahnhof

Foto und Scan von Achim Althausen



403000aa.jpg (112778 bytes)

ET 403 in Köln-Hauptbahnhof

Foto und Scan von Achim Althausen



403000c2.jpg (52052 bytes)

Airport Express in the Lufthansa livery seen at Koeln Deutz station in November 1984. The class 403 electric motor units are no longer in service.

Photo by Christian Splittgerber (c.splittgerber@gmx.net)

Scan by Eva Sonntag (eso.design@mps.de) http://www.mps.de/eso-design



403000cs.jpg (80468 bytes)

Former Inter-City train of series 403 in its original livery seen at an exhibition in Berlin in September 1974. Later on, the 403 units were chartered by Deutsche Lufthansa for the service between the airports of Dusseldorf and Frankfurt.

Photo by Christian Splittgerber (c.splittgerber@gmx.net)



403_00X-Espenhain.jpg (153833 bytes)

Class 403 EMU unit, Espenhain
One of the three class 403 EMU units, parked on a siding of the former lignite power station at Espenhain. Between February and June 2011 two units of these impressive 70's trainsets were parked at Espenhain, so either 403 001/002 or 403 005/006 is displayed. Left: Upgraded former DR passenger cars and shunting locomotive (looks like a class 360 shunter). Photo taken Wednesday 27 April 2011.

Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)



403_BSJS1.jpg (148932 bytes)

Class 403+404.1+404.0+403 at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift (Osthavelländische Eisenbahn AG). Three 4-car trains were built 1973 as prototypes for a new generation of Intercity trains for 200 km/h with all wheels powered. They could have served as prototypes for the high speed trains later known as ICE, but no larger series was ordered. The prototypes served as 1st class Intercity trains until 1979, but their capacity was too small for the new two-class system IC'79, so they were used only as special trains from then on, and rebuilt into the "Lufthansa Airport Express" in 1982, and used between the airports of Frankfurt (Main) and Düsseldorf until the Lufthansa gave up these trains. For a long time they stood unused in the DBAG works of Nürnberg, then the Prignitzer Eisenbahn bought the units - now they are stored on a siding of the OHE in Berlin. 2002-04-26. tbk


403_BSJS2.jpg (146641 bytes)

Class 403+404.0+404.1+403 at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift (Osthavelländische Eisenbahn AG). A view of the other units, obviously not in running state. It seems that Berlin is not such a great location to store rolling stock of historic importance out in the open. Some parts are missing, such as the doors of the second car in this consist, so to restore a unit in a presentable state, some cars would probably have to be cannibalized. As the paint is peeling, a repaint would be necessary even without the graffiti. 2002-04-26. tbk


403_BSJS3.jpg (154227 bytes)

Class 403 at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. The famous streamlined front, looking fast even when standing. 2002-04-26. tbk


403_BSJS4.jpg (107295 bytes)

Class 403 at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. Close-up on the bogie with pneumatic suspension. This is a unique and complicated construction, which was even equipped with a pneumatic tilting system (up to 2° tilt angle). The tilting did not work and was not used in regular service. 2002-04-26. tbk


403_BSJS5.jpg (114894 bytes)

Class 403 at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. A view of two coupled units. In the service as Lufthansa Airport Express, trains were frequently running in this configuration. Different from most high speed trains of today, the coupler was not hidden under a door. As you can see, the side window of the unit in front is missing. 2002-04-26. tbk


403_BSJS6.jpg (148702 bytes)

Class 403 at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. A view of two coupled units. The trains are coupled with automatic Scharfenberg couplers which also connect the control wires, but not the electric power line which is mounted on the roof, so one pantograph per unit has to be raised. 2002-04-26. tbk


403_BSJS7.jpg (136972 bytes)

Class 403/404 at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. From this perspective, all existing units can be seen: two coupled four-car units in front and the third a little further behind. 2002-04-26. tbk


403_BSJS8.jpg (94353 bytes)

Class 403 at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. Front view, together with four spare wheelsets. 2002-04-26. tbk


403_bei_FD-Gbf.jpg (59330 bytes)

A 403 railcar set near Fulda. 1974. These railcars were used as Intercity's (1st class only) before they were rented by the Lufthansa as Airport Express (Frankfurt-Köln-Bonn).

Photo: Werner Oestreich
Scanned by Roald Oestreich (oestrei@hrz.uni-kassel.de)



403_fhst.jpg (36864 bytes)

DB BR 403; drivers table. The large instrument in the middle over the speedometer is the old LZB instrument. (compare 120_fhst.jpg)

Photo by Ulrich Kleinpoppen (julius@ice.tnet.de)



403_hb.jpg (44691 bytes)

DB BR 403 ("Donald Duck") at Bremen Hbf (ca. 1978)

Photo by Ulrich Kleinpoppen (julius@ice.tnet.de)



403_mh.jpg (61384 bytes)

DB BR 403 ("Donald Duck") at the Munich depot (Bw Muenchen Hbf) (ca. 1977)

Photo made by Ulrich Kleinpoppen (julius@ice.tnet.de)



404_BSJS1.jpg (130588 bytes)

Class 404.1 (powered middle car of class 403) at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. This is the dining-car, consisting of a kitchen, a dining area and a seating area with face to face seating (similar to the ARmz 211/217/218). The door is open, impossible to close. The doors of the next car on the left are missing and the openings closed with wooden boards. 2002-04-26. tbk


404_BSJS2.jpg (105560 bytes)

Class 404.0 (powered middle car of class 403) at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. This is the first class open car with an interior much like the Apmz 121/122. Like these, it also has many small windows, one per row of seats. The end cars have regular 6-seat compartments (and one 4-seat compartment). 2002-04-26. tbk


404_BSJS3.jpg (129050 bytes)

Class 404.1 (powered middle car of class 403) at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. A view from another perspective - the kitchen is in the big windowless area next to the door. As you can see, the paint is peeling in several locations. 2002-04-26. tbk


404_BSJS4.jpg (73266 bytes)

Class 404 (powered middle cars of class 403) at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. Short coupling between two cars, also with an automatic Scharfenberg coupler. Even the high voltage roof cable is coupled automatically (each car has its own transformer and control electronics), so it is easy to reconfigure EMU sets. 2002-04-26. tbk


404_BSJSi1.jpg (82485 bytes)

Class 404.1 (powered middle car of class 403) at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. Interior view of the face to face seating area in the dining car. Most of it is still intact, it just requires a good cleaning and some small repairs. 2002-04-26. tbk


404_BSJSi2.jpg (82373 bytes)

Class 404.1 (powered middle car of class 403) at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. Interior view of the dining area, with fixed seats much like in the ARmz and WRmz dining-cars of the era. 2002-04-26. tbk


404_BSJSi3.jpg (91987 bytes)

Class 404.0 (powered middle car of class 403) at Berlin-Spandau Johannesstift. This would be a first class open seating car, but all the seats are missing. The curtains, light bands etc. are still there. 2002-04-26. tbk


DB_403_002_LH_Airport__Einfahrt_Duesseldorf_Hbf_1991.jpg (137929 bytes)

DB 403 002 LH Airport, Einfahrt Düsseldorf Hbf 1991

Foto: Rolf Wiemann, rw@eisenbahndiaarchiv.de



Div-01.jpg (76701 bytes)

Lufthansa Airport Express in Köln Hbf, Anfang der 1980er.

Photo by Ulrich Behning (ubehning@freenet.de)



db4030037_ds111308.jpg (83357 bytes)

Deutsche Bundesbahn - 403003-7

Triebwagen 403003-7 (Lufthansa Airport Express) am 15. August 1987 in Köln.

Photo + Scan: Bernd Kittendorf (info@bernd-kittendorf.de)
Homepage: www.bernd-kittendorf.de



db403ic.jpg (56690 bytes)

DB EMU class 403 in original InterCity livery ('70s).

Photo from MicroVision Photo-CD Picture-Show 21. Copyright TRONIC-Verlag.



db403lh.jpg (89667 bytes)

DB 4-car EMU class 403/404 in Lufthansa Airport Express livery.

Photo from MicroVision Photo-CD Picture-Show 21. Copyright TRONIC-Verlag.



db_et403.jpg (117013 bytes)

One of the three "Lufthansa-Airport-Express" EMUs of the class 403 is passing the Hohenzollernbridge in Koeln. The photo was taken on the 14th of October 1992.

(c)1997 by ... Torsten Giesen (Torsten.Giesen@post.dialup.rwth-aachen.de)
Scan by ... Eike M. Belgardt (chevin@hermes.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de)
Scanned with Polaroid SprintScan 35 of the RWTH Aachen, Germany



ic-lufth.jpg (107592 bytes)

The famous class 403 EMU in "Lufthansa Airport Express" livery on a bridge near Euternhagen in West Germany.

Photo and scan by Ernst Algenfuchs



koeln1.jpg (20490 bytes)

Koeln Hbf, September 1987. Ein Lufthansa Airport Express wartet auf die Abfahrt Richtung Frankfurt.

Foto & Scan: P. Berlich (peter@berlich.de)



picture-0127.jpg (60637 bytes)

Former Lufthansa Airport Express train in very bad condition at Putlitz station

6.11.2006

Martin P.



Back