Bavarian EP 2
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The electric locomotives of Bavarian Class EP 2 were in light passenger train service in Germany for almost 50 years. After their initial classification as EP 2 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways
(Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen), they were redesignated as E 32s from 1927 to 1968 in the DRG's
numbering plan and, later in the DB classification scheme. In their final years, post-1968, they were given the EDV-compatible classification of 132. Characteristic of the E 32 was its short length and link drive (Stangenantrieb).
The Bavarian Group Administration
of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
procured 29 E 32 electric locomotives between 1924 and 1926-29 for light passenger train duties. To begin with they still carried their Bavarian classification of EP2 20 006 to 034, before they were allocated to DRG Class E 32. Numbers 01 to 05 were unused, because they had already been allocated to the Bavarian EP 1 (later DRG Class E 62). The E 32s were employed on all the Upper Bavarian lines. In 1932 the top speed on eight of the engines was raised from 75 to 90 km/h after they had been give new gear transmissions. These eight machines were then given the numbers E 32 101 to 108 (E32.1).
after the Second World War, five had had to be written off as war losses. In 1968 22 machines were renumbered ito the EDP
system as Class 132. Their service ended on 1 August 1972, when the last eight 132s were retired.
Royal Bavarian State Railways
As a nation-state, Germany did not come into being until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 from the various German-speaking states such as Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemberg. By then each of the major states had formed its own state railway and these continued to remain...
(Königlich Bayerische Staats-Eisenbahnen), they were redesignated as E 32s from 1927 to 1968 in the DRG's
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
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numbering plan and, later in the DB classification scheme. In their final years, post-1968, they were given the EDV-compatible classification of 132. Characteristic of the E 32 was its short length and link drive (Stangenantrieb).
History
Bavarian Group Administration
The Bavarian Group Administration or Gruppenverwaltung Bayern was a largely autonomous railway administration within the Deutsche Reichsbahn between the two world wars...
of the Deutsche Reichsbahn
Deutsche Reichsbahn
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procured 29 E 32 electric locomotives between 1924 and 1926-29 for light passenger train duties. To begin with they still carried their Bavarian classification of EP2 20 006 to 034, before they were allocated to DRG Class E 32. Numbers 01 to 05 were unused, because they had already been allocated to the Bavarian EP 1 (later DRG Class E 62). The E 32s were employed on all the Upper Bavarian lines. In 1932 the top speed on eight of the engines was raised from 75 to 90 km/h after they had been give new gear transmissions. These eight machines were then given the numbers E 32 101 to 108 (E32.1).
Deutsche Bundesbahn
24 engines were taken over by the Deutsche BundesbahnDeutsche Bundesbahn
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after the Second World War, five had had to be written off as war losses. In 1968 22 machines were renumbered ito the EDP
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system as Class 132. Their service ended on 1 August 1972, when the last eight 132s were retired.
Museum
E 32 27 has been preserved. It is housed in the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum as a non-operational exhibit.Literature
- Obermayer: Taschenbuch Deutsche Elektrolokomotiven
- Alfred B. Gottwaldt: 100 Jahre deutsche Elektro-Lokomotiven. Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung 1979, ISBN 3-440-04696-6
See also
- Royal Bavarian State RailwaysRoyal Bavarian State RailwaysAs a nation-state, Germany did not come into being until the creation of the German Empire in 1871 from the various German-speaking states such as Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden and Württemberg. By then each of the major states had formed its own state railway and these continued to remain...
- List of DB locomotives and railbuses
- List of DRG locomotives and railbuses
- List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses
External links
- Description of the Class E 32 (German)
- There is a relevant English-language forum at Railways of Germany