BRAWA DB ET 65 Betriebsanleitung Seite 2

Operating instructions
Electric locomotive DB ET 65 – HO
Direct current Article Number 0770
Alternating current Article Number 0771
In 1933 when the Stuttgart-Munich route was electrified, the local
traffic service with electrical tramcars was also started on the
Esslingen-Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg route. For this purpose, the Deut-
sche Reichsbahn purchased the tramcar eIT 1201 to 1205, the later
series ET 65, from the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen. The first series
comprised 17 tramcars and 16 control cars. The tramcars were used
to establish a regular local service similar to today's city railway
system. The basic unit consisted of a tramcar and a control car. The
unit could be expanded with a centre trailer. The centre trailers were
appropriately refitted double cars of the type 1929. Up to three
complete units could be coupled together in a train and controlled
from one driver's cab. Two other series of tramcar and control car
followed with small modifications.
Apart from the few cars which were lost during the war, all cars came
to DB where they were painted red and used in the regional service in
Stuttgart. After extensive modification in 1961/1962, in which the old
face fronts were exchanged for unit driver's cabs, the tramcars
remained in service until 1978.
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