Transportation
Rail Enthusiasts Dream of a Trans Europe Express Revival
The celebrated international train service of the 1960s and ’70s could get a contemporary reboot as an alternative to short-haul air travel.
This October, the lawns of a Berlin park are gaining an unlikely new attraction: a legendary 1960s-era train.
The sleek red diesel locomotive and its accompanying cars, located in a yard next to the Deutsche Technikmuseum, or German Technology Museum, once formed part of the rolling stock for one of the 20th century’s most celebrated rail services: the Trans Europe Express. For a month, visitors can see and tour trains once hailed as the height of luxury and modernity in postwar travel.