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K.P.E.V. (Prussian) ET883 / 834 Rail Car
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In 1914 the KPEV purchased a total of 6 three-unit powered rail car trains for the route between Nieder Salzbrunn and Halbstadt with its many grades in Silesia. These 6 trains were acquired to better manage the constantly increasing passenger volumes in this region. These rail car trains were initially designated as the E.T. 501-506, and they had a visually striking design that was based in part on the express train passenger cars commonly in use at that time with their clerestories, truss rods, and inset doors. The motor car located between the two cab control cars ensured good running characteristics on routes with curves. When the passenger volumes into what was now Czechoslovakian Halbstadt decreased after World War I, these rail car trains, which were now designated as the ET 87, were used on other routes. In 1959 the last remaining ET 87 units were retired. Unfortunately, all of them were scrapped.
K.P.E.V. (Prussian) ET883 / 834 Rail Car
In 1914 the KPEV purchased a total of 6 three-unit powered rail car trains for the route between Nieder Salzbrunn and Halbstadt with its many grades in Silesia. These 6 trains were acquired to better manage the constantly increasing passenger volumes in this region. These rail car trains were initially designated as the E.T. 501-506, and they had a visually striking design that was based in part on the express train passenger cars commonly in use at that time with their clerestories, truss rods, and inset doors. The motor car located between the two cab control cars ensured good running characteristics on routes with curves. When the passenger volumes into what was now Czechoslovakian Halbstadt decreased after World War I, these rail car trains, which were now designated as the ET 87, were used on other routes. In 1959 the last remaining ET 87 units were retired. Unfortunately, all of them were scrapped.
