what is it?
The electric passenger train locomotives of Bavarian Class EP 3/5 were the first electric locomotives designed for single-phase AC, 15 kV, 16+2⁄3 Hz working for the Royal Bavarian State Railways. The first electrical services in Bavaria were on the Murnau–Oberammergau line using 5 kV and 16 Hz on 1 January 1905. After 1918 they were reclassified as EP1 20 001 – 005 and taken over by the DR as E 62 01 – 05.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 114 years ago, in 1912.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1912
- retired
- 1955
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Maffei, Berliner Maschinenbau
- operators
- Royal Bavarian State Railways, Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 45 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 1′C1′
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q812210, Wikipedia: Bavarian EP 1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.