DRG Class ET 125
Appearance
DR Class 125 | |
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Manufacturer | O&K, Dessauer Waggonfabrik, Wegmann – Wagenkästen; AEG, SSW – elektrischer Teil |
Constructed | 1934-1935 |
Scrapped | 2003 |
Number built | 18 power cars, 18 trailer cars |
Specifications | |
Train length | 36.2 m (118 ft 9 in) |
Maximum speed | 90 km/h (56 mph) |
Weight | 59 t (58 long tons; 65 short tons) |
Electric system(s) | 750 V DC third rail |
Current collector(s) | Contact shoe |
UIC classification | Bo'Bo'+2'2' |
Safety system(s) | mechanical train stop |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The 1941 Class ET 125, later adjusted series 276.0 (DR) or 477 (DBAG) is an electric railcar which, for a special fast to be traversed S-Bahn-connection in the DC power from Berlin 1934/35 was built in 1936 and 1938. The cars were popularly known also under the name banker trains. They were rebuilt after the war and the series ET / EB 166 adapted, among other things, they lost the 1949/50 more powerful traction motors. From the 1970s, they have been included in the program of modernization and in series 277 rebuilt (after 1991 477/877). They drove until 2003 at Berlin's S-Bahn network.
These trains were deployed when the section between Potsdamer Ringbahnhof and Wannsee were electrified including the part of Zehlendorf stretch.