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DRG Class ET/ES/EB 85 DB Class 485/885
DRG Class ET 85 and driving trailer at the “150 years of German railways” jubilee parade in Nuremberg
In service	1927–1977
Manufacturer	Waggonfabrik Fuchs MAN (mechanical) Brown, Boveri & Cie (electrical)
Constructed	1927–1932
Number built	ET: 36 ES: 34 ES: 70
Fleet numbers	DRG: ET 85 01–36 DRG: ES 85 01–34 DRG: EB 85 01–70
Specifications
Train length	20.34 m (66 ft 9 in)
Maximum speed	75 km/h (47 mph)
Weight	61.4 t (60.4 long tons; 67.7 short tons)
Axle load	17.7 t (17.4 long tons; 19.5 short tons)
Traction motors	2
Power output	550 kW (740 hp)
Transmission	Tatzlager
Electric system(s)	15 kV 16+2⁄3 Hz AC Catenary
Current collector(s)	Pantograph
UIC classification	ET: Bo′2′ ES: 2'2' EB: 3
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)

The DRG Class ET 85 was a German electric motor coach with the Deutsche Reichsbahn and, later, the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

History

In 1924 the Waggonfabrik Fuchs coach factory in Heidelberg converted four Bavarian MCCi steam railbuses into Class ET 85 electric railbuses with running numbers 01–04. After this conversion an order for 32 new vehicles of this type was delivered to Fuchs and BBC to be built from 1927 to 1933. In 1927 it was still not possible to locate the entire electric engine unter the coach floor. The transformer and the switching (Schaltwerk) was therefore installed in an engine compartment. The nine railbuses were only a little longer than their "prototypes". The doors to the passenger section were recessed like those of their predecessors, however there was only a single door to the engine compartment on the right hand side of the vehicle. All units up to number ET 85 30 originally had front doors and gangways that were later removed.

In identical form and with the same internal layout - instead of the engine room, there was a luggage compartment - driving cars ES 85 01–34 appeared from 1927 to 1933. Rebuilt six-wheeled Bavarian passenger coaches, numbers EB 85 01–70, acted as trailer cars; they were later replaced by six-wheeled 'rebuild coaches', the so-called Umbau-Wagen. Motor coaches ET 85 05 and 09 were equipped for top speeds of 100 km/h. The DB took over the Class ET 85 and reclassified them in 1968 as DB Class 485/885. These vehicles were not just employed in Munich suburban services but also by the Deutsche Bundesbahn in the Black Forest on the Three Lakes Railway and the Wehra Valley Line.

By 1977 all the vehicles had been retired; the last ones being nos. 485 005 + 885 709.

In 1949 numbers ET 85 13, 14 and 16 were converted to ET 90 01–03. After re-motoring they were used on the inclined route from Berchtesgaden to Königssee and occasionally also on the Ammer Valley Railway. In 1972 the ET 90s were retired.

Number 485 007 + 885 615 is preserved in the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum.

v t e Classes of Deutsche Reichsbahn locomotive
Express train tender locomotives	01 01.10 02 02.1 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

v t e Classes of Bavarian locomotive and railcars
Early locomotives	Adler Jupiter and Juno Vesta and Venus Vulkan and Mars Merkur and Diana A I A II A III A IV A V B I B II B III B IV B V B V (artic) C I C II
Passenger and express train locomotives	B VI B VII B VIII B IX (old) B IX B X B XI Zw B XI Vbd C V AA I S 2/5 (Vauclain) S 2/5 S 2/6 S 3/5 N S 3/5 H S 3/6 P 2/4 P 3/5 N P 3/5 H
Goods train locomotives	C II C III C IV Zw C IV Vbd C VI E I E I (Vauclain) BB I G 3/4 N G 3/4 H G 4/5 N G 4/5 H G 5/5
Tank locomotives	D I D II D II (old) D III D IV D V D IX D XII Pt 2/3 Pt 2/4 N Pt 2/4 H Pt 2/5 N Pt 2/5H Pt 3/6 Gt 2×4/4 R 3/3 R 4/4
Branch line locomotives	D VI D VII D VIII D X D XI BB II PtL 2/2 (Maffei) PtL 2/2 (Krauss) PtL 3/3 PtL 3/4 PtzL 3/4 GtL 4/4 (GtL 4/5 - DRG 98.10) (GtL 4/5 - DRG 98.11)
Narrow gauge locomotives	LE Pts 3/4 Gts 4/4 Gts 2x3/3
Electric locomotives	ES 1 EP 1 EP 2 EP 3 EP 4 EP 5 EG 1 EG 2 EG 3 (EG 4) (EG 5)
Railbuses	Krauss railmotor MCi MBCi MCCi MBCL MPL D4ieIT (D4ieIT variant - DRG ET 85)
Bavarian Ostbahn locomotives	A 1 – A 12 A 13 – A 24 A 1 – A 2 B 1 – B 66 B 67 – B 78 B 79 – B 90 B 91 – B 96 B 97 – B 109 C 1 – C 12 C 13 – C 64 D 1 – D 12 D 13 – D 14
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Classes of German EMUs and battery railcars

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Older, pre-1968 classes

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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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