DRG Class ET 25

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DRG/DB Class ET/EM 25 DB Class 425/825 DR Class 285
ET 25 015 at the “150 Years of German railways” jubilee parade in Nuremberg
In service	1935 to 1972 (DR) and 1985 (DB)
Constructed	1935
Number built	39
Fleet numbers	DRG elT 1801 - DRG ET 25 01 - DB 425 101 -
Operators	Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft Deutsche Bundesbahn Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR)
Specifications
Train length	66.27 m (217 ft 5 in)
Maximum speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Weight	125.0 tonnes (123.0 long tons; 137.8 short tons)
Electric system	15 kV 16+2⁄3 Hz AC
Current collection	pantograph
UIC classification	Bo′2′+2′2′+2′Bo′
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

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

History

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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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v t e Classes of Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotives
Express train tender locomotives	01 01.10 02 02.1 H 02.10 03 03.10 04 05 06 19.10
Passenger train tender locomotives	23 24
Goods train tender locomotives	41 42 43 44 45 50 52 56.2–8
Express train tank locomotives	61
Passenger train tank locomotives	62 64 71.0
Goods train tank locomotives	80 81 84 85 86 87 89.0
Rack railway, branch line & narrow gauge locomotives	97.5 98.10 98.11 99.19 99.21 99.22 99.31 99.32 99.73–76
Electric locomotives	E 04 E 05 E 06.1 E 15 E 16 E 16.5 E 17 E 18 E 19 E 21 E 21.5 E 44 E 60 E 63 E 75 E 77 E 80 E 91 E 93 E 94 E 95 E 178 E 244
Diesel locomotives	V 3001 V 3201 V 3601 V 3602 V 3801 Kö I Köf II
Railbuses and multiple units	ET 25 ET 25.1 ET 31 ET 41 ET 51 ET 51.1 ET 55 ET 65 ET 82 ET 85 ET 87 ET 89 ET 91 SVT 125 SVT 137 ET 165 ET 166 ET 167 ET 168 ET 169 ET 171 SVT 877 Wismar
State railway locomotive lists	Baden Bavaria Mecklenburg Oldenburg Palatinate Prussia Saxony Württemberg

Classes of German EMUs and battery railcars

BR number

Older, pre-1968 classes

Battery railcars

S-Bahn EMUs

Berlin	475 476 477 480 481 482 483 484 485 ET 125 ET 165 ET 166 ET 167 ET 168 ET 169 ET 170 270
Hamburg	470 471 472 473 474 490 ET 99 ET 170 ET 171

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