Bavarian EP 2

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Bavarian EP 2 DRG Class E 32 DB Class 132
Catenary
Traction motors	2
Transmission	Rod drive
Running step switch	Hand-operated sliding switches (Schlittenschaltwerk) with single contacts, transition resistors and 4 power shift gears (Lastschaltern)

Performance figures
Maximum speed	E 32.0: 75 km/h (47 mph) E 32.1: 90 km/h (56 mph)
Power output:	​
• 1 hour	1,590 PS (1,170 kW; 1,570 hp)
• Continuous	1,370 PS (1,010 kW; 1,350 hp)
Tractive effort:	​
• Starting	E 32.0: 107 kN (24,000 lbf) E 32.1: 88.5 kN (19,900 lbf)

Career
Numbers	E 32 06 – E 32 34 E 32 101 – E 32 108 (Rebuild)
Retired	by 1972

The electric locomotives of Bavarian Class EP 2 were in light

. 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

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 given 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

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.

See also

• Royal Bavarian State Railways
• List of DB locomotives and railbuses
• List of DRG locomotives and railbuses
• List of Bavarian locomotives and railbuses

References

External links

• Description of the Class E 32 (German)