Bavarian EP 5

what is it?

The Bavarian Class EP 5 (from 1927: DRG Class E 52) was an electric locomotive used for heavy passenger train services with the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG) and Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB). The first procurement programme for new locomotives set up by the Bavarian Group Administration of the Deutsche Reichsbahn included plans for an electric locomotive for heavy passenger train duties on electrified lines in Bavaria. From the numerous designs put forward, it was decided to opt for a 2'BB2' locomotive, which would be fitted with the same motors as another electric goods train locomotive in the programme, the DRG Class E 91.

who runs it

Deutsche ReichsbahnDeutsche Bundesbahn

base stats

• speed 90 km/htop speed
• built 35made in total

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 102 years ago, in 1924.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built

1924–1925

retired

1973

status

retired

number built

35

kind

electric locomotive

traction

electric

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

builders

Maffei, Siemens-Schuckert, AEG

operators

Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn

top speed

90 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2'B B2'

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.