Railroad bus
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thumb|The rail-road omnibus in the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum thumb|The museum vehicle on the road thumb|Schi-Stra-Bus The Schienen-Straßen-Omnibus ( from German), also known as the "Schi-Stra-Bus", was a railroad bus for passenger traffic on railway lines and roads. The Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) used it both as a railbus and as a bus in Germany.
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- Description
- Procurement
- Use
- Passau–Wegscheid
- Passau–Cham
- Augsburg–Füssen
- Koblenz–Betzdorf
- Wutach Valley Railway
- Further missions
- Remaining vehicle
- Other
- Vehicles similar to the railroad bus
- France
- Japan
- Experimental phase on Hokkaido
- Commercial operation on Shikoku
- United States
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|The rail-road omnibus in the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum thumb|The museum vehicle on the road thumb|Schi-Stra-Bus The Schienen-Straßen-Omnibus ( from German), also known as the "Schi-Stra-Bus", was a railroad bus for passenger traffic on railway lines and roads. The Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) used it both as a railbus and as a bus in Germany.
== Description == The Schi-Stra-Bus is similar to a railbus; it is a special omnibus with all the equipment necessary for road traffic. The Schi-Stra-Bus was equipped with a diesel engine from Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz with an output of , enabling speeds of up to on the road and on rails. The vehicles had 43 seats and 15 to 24 standing places.
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