Source: Historical Railway Images
Source: Historical Railway Images
Also known as: Class 456
Vehicle type: Electric multiple unit - EMU
Registration country: Germany
Railway companies: DB - Deutsche Bundesbahn
Only 7 units have been built using components from other pre-war
electric units (ET 25 / ET 31 / ET 32 / ET 55) together with the
new "Eierkopf" body.
Not very powerful and only capable of 90 km/h, they were used for
local trains around Stuttgart/Tübingen/Heidelberg until 1986.
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