DRG Class ET 125

DR Class 125
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 collection method Contact shoe
UIC classification Bo'Bo'+2'2'
Safety system(s) mechanical train stop
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 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.


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