Baureihe ET 91
Technical data
Class number	ET 91 (491 post-1968)
Put into service (1st year)	1935, 1936
Out of service	1943 (ET 91 02, bomb attack) 1997 (ET 91 01, accident in 1995)
Manufacturers	Waggonfabrik Fuchs, AEG
Wheel arrangement	Bo'2'
Gauge:	1435 mm
Length from buffer to buffer	20.6 m
Weight empty	51 metric tons
Voltage system	15 kV, 16.7 Hz
Max. acceleration upon starting	0.58 m/s2
Maximum speed	110 km/h)
Number of seats	70
Total produced	2 units

The Baureihe ET 91 was a series of electric multiple units built for the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft of Germany. The units colloquially known as Gläserner Zug (Glass Train) were equipped with large panorama windows, providing an excellent outside view to the passengers. The vehicles were used for recreational trips only, especially in southern Germany and Austria. AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft) (English Translation: General Electricity Company) is a German producer of electronics and electrical equipment. ... Locomotive wheel arrangement is how the wheels of the locomotive are arranged by type, position, and connections. ... The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the SI unit of frequency. ... A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive. ... The Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR, literally German Imperial Railway) was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I. It was founded in 1920 as the Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen when the Weimar Republic (formally Deutsches...

Two units with the wheel arrangement Bo'2' were built in 1935 by Waggonfabrik Fuchs in Heidelberg and AEG. Locomotive wheel arrangement is how the wheels of the locomotive are arranged by type, position, and connections. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Heidelberg is a scenic city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt. ... AEG (Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft) (English Translation: General Electricity Company) is a German producer of electronics and electrical equipment. ...

ET 91 02 was destroyed on March 9, 1943 in a bomb attack on the Munich shunting yard. ET 91 01 survived World War II without major damage and was taken over by the Deutsche Bundesbahn From 1968 on, it was listed as Baureihe 491 in the DB numbering scheme, being assigned the number 491 001-4. March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Munich and the Bavarian Alps Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... Plaque commemorating 5,000 kilometers of electrification. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

On December 12, 1995 the remaining unit suffered extensive damage in a frontal crash at Garmisch-Partenkirchen and was subsequently taken out of service. The unit has been stationed at the Bahnpark Augsburg in Augsburg since May 2005. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Garmisch-Partenkirchen (29,875 inhabitants; 01-01-2004) is a market town, and the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Austria. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ...

The unit is currently being renovated, however due to economical reasons it will not be put into an usable state again, the power bogie having been destroyed in the 1995 accident. A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. ...

Literature

• Horst Troche: 60 Jahre im Betriebseinsatz: Der "Gläserne Zug". In: Eisenbahn-Kurier. No. 281/30/1996. EK-Verlag GmbH, ISSN 0170-5288, pp. 24-29.
• Horst Troche: Die elektrischen Aussichtstriebwagen der Deutschen Bundesbahn ISBN 3-921700-33-7

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External links

• http://www.glaesernerzug.de
• http://www.bahnpark-augsburg.de

Classes of German EMUs and battery railcars

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ET 11 | ET 25 | ET 26 | ET 27 | ET 31 | ET 41 | ET 51 | ET 55 | ET 65 | ET 82 | ET 85 | ET 90 | ET 91 ("Gläserner Zug") 

Battery railcars: 515 | 517 | ETA 150 | ETA 176 | ETA 178 | ETA 179 

S-Bahn EMUs:
Berlin: 475 | 476 | 477 | 480 | 481 | 485 | ET 125 | ET 165 | ET 166 | ET 167 | ET 168 | ET 169 | ET 170 |  270 
The Berlin S-Bahn is a metro system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. ...

Hamburg: 470 | 471 | 472 | 473 | 474 | ET 99 | ET 170 | ET 171 
The Hamburg S-Bahn is the suburban S-Bahn railway network serving the city of Hamburg. ...