article also noted Deutsche Bahn celebrated the 175th birthday of railways in Germany on May 11, 2010. In 175 years, Germany went from the Stephenson-built Adler (here in replica) traveling at 33.7 km/hr over the 6.04 km-long Königlich privilegirte Ludwigs-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft . To trains like the Siemens-built ICE 3 traveling up to