Editing Rheingold (train) (section)

== TEE ''Rheingold'' ==
[[File:Aussichtswagen innen.jpg|thumb|left|Interior of a preserved ex-''Rheingold'' [[dome car]].]]
In 1962, the ''Rheingold'' became established again as a link between Switzerland and the Netherlands on the pre-war route, and carrying [[Travel class#Trains|first-class cars]] only. In 1965, it became a Trans Europ Express (or Trans-Europe Express).

New rolling stock introduced starting in 1962 included [[dome car]]s,<ref name="Haydock-TEE">{{cite journal|last=Haydock|first=David|title=The Second Demise of the TEE|date= June–July 1996|journal=[[Today's Railways Europe|Today's Railways]]|publisher=Platform 5 Publishing|location=Sheffield, UK|issn=1354-2753|pages=22–24}}</ref> one per train, used only on the ''Rheingold'' and ''[[Rheinpfeil (train)|Rheinpfeil]]'' (Rhine Arrow).  In Europe, the use of dome cars was unique to these two trains. After the ''Rheinpfeil'' was integrated into the Bundesbahn's new Intercity network in 1971, the TEE ''[[Erasmus (train)|Erasmus]]'' began using the displaced dome cars, along with the ''Rheingold''.<ref name="cooks1974apr">''Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' (March 29–April 25, 1974 edition), p. 69, 466</ref><ref name=fodors75>{{cite book |author=Tennant, David D. |editor=Eugene Fodor |editor-link=Eugene Fodor (writer) |editor2=Robert C. Fisher |title=Fodor's Europe 1975 | year=1975 |chapter=Planning Your Trip: Rail Travel in Europe | page=95 |series=[[Fodor's |Fodor's Guides]] |publisher=[[David McKay Publications|David McKay Company]] |location=New York |isbn=<!--none-->}}</ref> The dome cars were withdrawn on 30 May 1976.<ref name="cooks1976jul">''[[Thomas Cook Continental Timetable]]'' (July 1976 edition), p. 75. Peterborough, England: [[Thomas Cook Group|Thomas Cook Publishing]].</ref><ref name="Mertens-Malaspina-de">{{cite book |first1= Maurice |last1= Mertens |first2=Jean-Pierre |last2= Malaspina |title= TEE: Die Geschichte des Trans Europ Express |trans-title=TEE: The History of the Trans Europ Express |page=185 |chapter=TEE Rheingold |location= Düsseldorf |publisher= Alba Publikation |language= German |date= 2009 |isbn= 978-3-87094-199-4}}</ref>

The new cars, together with improvements to the track along parts of its route in the mid-1960s, made the ''Rheingold'' the fastest train in Germany. In 1964, the train was scheduled to cover the {{convert|83.2|mi|km|disp=flip|abbr=on}} [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]] – [[Karlsruhe]] section in 59 minutes, working out to an ''average'' speed of {{convert|84.6|mph|km/h|disp=flip}}, which was the "fastest schedule in German rail history"<ref name="trains65">{{cite journal|last=Steffee|first=Donald M.|title=Japan Takes the Blue Ribbon at 86.7 mph!|date=June 1965|journal=[[Trains (magazine)|Trains]]|publisher=[[Kalmbach Publishing]]|location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin|pages=20–31}}</ref> up to that time.

Until about 1972 the train's all-first-class, red-and-cream cars were pulled by [[DB Class E 10|Class E 10.12]] electric locomotives painted in blue-and-cream, but later the red-and-cream [[DB Class 103|Class 103]] locomotives took over.
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