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The '''Esslingen railbus''' (German: ''Esslinger Triebwagen'') is a diesel [[railbus]] first delivered in 1951 for private railways (''Nichtbundeseigene Eisenbahn'') in [[Germany]].

== History ==
The Esslingen railbus, sometimes shortened in German to ''Esslinger'', had been developed during the 1950s by the  [[Maschinenfabrik Esslingen]] for small branch lines and private railways. Fifty examples were built in three variants: power coaches (''Triebwagen'') or '''VT''', trailer coaches (''Beiwagen'') or '''VB''' and driving coaches (''Steuerwagen'') or '''VS'''.

Of the first series, 25 VT, 6 VB and 4 VS were delivered into service, of the second series (from 1959) 6 VT, 4 VB and 5 VS.

==Gallery==
<gallery perrow="2" caption="Esslingen railbuses belonging to various railways">
Image:SWEG-Esslinger-alt.jpg|VT 103 of the [[Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs AG|SWEG]] at [[Odenheim station]] (1990)
Image:SWEG-Esslinger-neu.jpg|VT 114 of the SWEG at Menzingen station (1989)
Image:SWEG-Esslinger.jpg|VT 112 of the SWEG at Münzesheim station (1992)
Image:AVG-Esslinger.jpg|VT 452 of the [[Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft|AVG]] on the [[Murg Valley Railway]] (2002)
</gallery>

== Sources ==
* Thomas Estler: ''Esslinger Triebwagen''. Transpress Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, {{ISBN|3-613-71182-6}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.chiemgauer-lokalbahn.de/vt103.htm Verbleib des VT 103 bei der Chiemgauer Lokalbahn (Bad Endorf–Obing)]
* [http://www.bahnhof-lam.de historisches zur Regentalbahn - Heimat der Esslinger] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517004308/http://www.bahnhof-lam.de/ |date=2014-05-17 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100924054913/http://www.bdyg.de/Buenos_Dias/rbg_esslinger_triebwagen_Regen/rbg_esslinger_triebwagen_regen.html Esslinger Triebwagen bei der Regentalbahn]

{{German DMUs}}

[[Category:Diesel multiple units of Germany]]
[[Category:German railbuses]]
[[Category:Train-related introductions in 1951]]