Berlin S-Bahn
Class 477 Electric Multiple Unit
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Berlin S-BahnClass 477 Electric Multiple Unit |
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Berlin S-Bahn class 477 design dates from 1937 although these units were built into the 1940s
and modernized in the 1990s. They are 2 coach electric
half sets which run a 4 car units with a motor driving unit at each end. This motor unit was built by Orenstein & Koppel - Arthur Koppel AG in 1939 as elT 3978, renumbered in 1941 to ET167 145, it then passed to the East German Railways at the end of the war. In 1970, it was renumbered DR 277 173-1, then to 477 074-9 under the 1992 scheme and was sold to Berlin S-Bahn in January 1995. S-Bahn unit 477 074-9 at Berlin Ostbahnhof on Saturday May 10th, 2003. |
Michael Taylor
