DRG Class ET 25

The ET 25 was a series of electric multiple units built in the 1930s by the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft.

DRG Class ET 25
DB Class 425
ET 25 015 bei der Jubiläumsparade „150 Jahre deutsche Eisenbahn“ in Nürnberg
Number(s)DRG elT 1801 -
DRG ET 25 01 -
DB 425 101 -
Quantity39
Axle arrangementBo'2'+2'2'+2'Bo'
Track gauge1,435 mm
Length over buffers66.27 m
Service weight125.0 t
Top speed120 km/h
Electric system15 kV 16 2/3 Hz AC
Collection methodpantograph

History

Some of the trains were used after World War II by the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany, where they would be renamed to Class 425 in 1968. The last units were decommissioned in 1985; two units went to the DB Museum.

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