Work and service vehicles of the Berlin S-Bahn

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The work and service vehicles of the Berlin S-Bahn include a whole range of different vehicles that are used by the S-Bahn Berlin to maintain traffic and structural systems. These are, for example, baggage trains, towing and shunting - railcars - and - locomotives , equipment and transport of personnel and testing features.

In the DB series scheme, the vehicles are classified as series 478; regardless of their design.

478 series vehicles

Workshop train 478 007-8 in the Berlin Olympiastadion train station (1999)
Multi-system locomotive 478 601-8 in the Berlin-Olympiastadion station (1999)
Shunting and towing car 478 701-6 in the Berlin-Olympiastadion train station (1999)
List of vehicles of the 478 series
Company number earlier company numbers type of vehicle Remarks
478/878 005
478/878 008 (?)
ex 278 007/008, ex ET / EB 169 017b
ex 278 005/006
Auxiliary equipment train S-Bw Friedrichsfelde March 1965 - October 1994, today with the historical S-Bahn Berlin association
478/878 006 ex 278 101/102, ex 275 617/618, ex 165 030 Luggage train S-Bw Friedrichsfelde Scrapped in 2008
478/878 007 ex 278 103/104, ex 275 645/646, ex 165 121 Luggage train S-Bw Friedrichsfelde Scrapped in 2008
478/878 009 ex ET 165 470, EB 165 261 Baggage train Scrapped in 1998
478/878 010 ex ET 165 574, EB 165 264 Baggage train Scrapped in 1998
478 021 ex 475 136, ex 275 483, ex 165 408 Equipment car of the Friedrichsfelde relief train
478 521 ex 475 137, ex 275 507, ex 165 440 Crew car of the Friedrichsfelde relief train
478 022 ex 475 130, ex 275 347, ex 165 109 Equipment car of the Wannsee relief train
478 522 ex 475 148, ex 275 705, ex 165 109 Crew car of the Wannsee relief train
478 601 ex BVG 5050 Multi-system locomotive type Gmeinder E / DE 110 2009 to hvle
478 602 ex BVG 5051 Multi-system locomotive type Gmeinder E / DE 110 Retired in 2006, transferred to hvle in 2009
478 701 ex 478 101, ex ex 478 008, ex 278 105, ex 168 043 Shunting and towing car HwS Schöneweide ("Jumbo") Turned off in 2004
478/878 801 ex 476/876 602 Shunting railcars Sold in 2001
478/878 802 ex 476/876 356, ex 276 311/312, ex ET / EB 165 508 Towing vehicles for material transport of the Grünau workshop Scrapped in 2001
478/878 803 ex 476/876 432, ex 276 503/504, ex ET / EB 165 283 Towing vehicles for material transport of the Grünau workshop Sold in 2001
478/878 804 ex 476/876 307, ex 276 153/154, ex ET / EB 165 528 Wannsee material train Scrapped in 2001
478/878 805 ex 476/876 418, ex 276 469/470, ex ET / EB 165 341 Wannsee material train Sold in 2001
478/878 810 ex 477/877 171, ex 277 373/374, ex ET / EB 166 019 Material train Friedrichsfelde Scrapped in 2004
478/878 811 ex 477/877 174, ex 277 379/380, ex ET / EB 166 033 Material train Friedrichsfelde Scrapped in 2003
478/878 812 ex 477/877 172, ex 277 375/376, ex ET / EB 166 020 Shunting train dog throat
478/878 813 ex 477/877 173, ex 277 377/378, ex ET / EB 166 027 Shunting train dog throat
478/878 814 ex 477/877 177, ex 277 389/390, ex ET / EB 125 012 Wannsee material train Scrapped in 2002
478/878 815 ex 477/877 179, ex 277 397/398, ex ET / EB 125 015 Wannsee material train Scrapped in 2002
478/878 821 ex 477/877 605, ex 277 413/414, ex ET / EB 167 289 Material pull
478/878 822 ex 477/877 608, ex 277 431/432, ex ET / EB 166 031 Material pull
478/878 823 ex 477/877 607, ex 277 419/420, ex ET / EB 167 292 Material pull
478/878 881 ex 477/877 020, ex 277 049/050, ex ET / EB 167 045 Test train for trunked radio
478/878 882 ex 477/877 046, ex 277 115/116, ex ET / EB 167 238 Test train for trunked radio

BVG vehicles

Jung R 40 C No. 5073 of the BVG (front) in the Berlin-Zehlendorf train station , 1993
Gmeinder E-DE 110 No. 5051 of the BVG in Berlin-Zehlendorf train station, 1993

During the management of the Berlin S-Bahn by the Berliner Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVG) from 1984 to 1994, work and company vehicles with BVG numbers were used.

List of vehicles with BVG numbers
Company number type of vehicle Manufacturer / type Remarks
5050 Multi-system locomotive Gmeinder E / DE 110 later 478 601, s. O.
5051 Multi-system locomotive Gmeinder E / DE 110 later 478 602, s. O.
5070 S-Bahn locomotive Jung RC 24 B Formerly Berliner Gaswerke Nr.6, sold in 1995
5073 S-Bahn locomotive Jung R 40 C Formerly Hafenbahn Krefeld DV, sold in 1995
5074 S-Bahn locomotive Jung R 40 C Formerly Hafenbahn Krefeld D IV, sold in 1995
5075 S-Bahn locomotive Jung R 40 C Formerly Tecklenburger Nordbahn 22, sold in 1995
5076 S-Bahn locomotive Jung R 40 C Formerly Bremervörde-Osterholzer Eisenbahn V 275, sold in 1995
5080 Rottenkraftwagen Plasser & Theurer SKL
5081 Rottenkraftwagen Plasser & Theurer SKL
5082 Rottenkraftwagen Plasser & Theurer SKL
5083 Rottenkraftwagen Plasser & Theurer SKL

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