Die Ludmilla — Was aus 709 Maschinen wurde, als Deutschland sich vereinigte

The Ludmilla — The Workhorse of the German Reichsbahn It was called Ludmilla. Not an official name — just a nickname, coined sometime in the early 1970s at the Leipzig locomotive depot. But it stuck. Because the Class 132 locomotives remained. 709 locomotives. Built in Voroshilovgrad, now in Ukraine. Three decades in service — from heavy coal trains from Lusatia to express trains heading towards the Baltic Sea. The backbone of the German Reichsbahn's diesel operations, on a network that was still 70 percent without overhead lines in 1990. Why the GDR remained dependent on diesel for so long. How the Comecon division of labor and a 1966 Council of Ministers decision shaped the railway for decades. And what became of the Ludmilla when the two railway systems merged in 1994. Timestamps: 00:00 Hook — Leipzig Central Station 01:45 GDR, Reichsbahn, and the 1966 Decision 04:00 Birth of the Ludmilla: Voroshilovgrad 06:15 Technology — Explained in Simple Terms 09:00 Everyday Life in Service 11:30 Maintenance and Reality 13:15 Comparison: Class 119 14:30 Why It Lasted So Long — Electrification 17:30 1990: New Reality 20:00 What Remains #Ludmilla #BR132 #Class132 #DeutscheReichsbahn    • Maschinen, die Deutschland bewegten!