The vehicle remained a one-off; bus services were more important to the GHE.

After the Second World War the railbus remained at Eisfelder Talmühle station and as a result evaded Russian reparation measures.

In the time that followed, it was redesignated as VT 133 522, and took over the traffic on the remaining section of the Selke Valley Railway between Eisfelder Talmühle and Hasselfelde.

Later it returned to duties on its home line between Gernrode and Straßberg (Harz), but was only used as a tool wagon.

In 1972 it was given its present-day computerised number of 187 001 by the Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR) in East Germany.