The DR Class E 11 is a class of
electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuelled prime movers, such as diesel engines or ga ...
s formerly operated by the
Deutsche Reichsbahn
The ''Deutsche Reichsbahn'', also known as the German National Railway, the German State Railway, German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regi ...
in East Germany. They were later operated by
Deutsche Bahn
The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder.
describes itself as the ...
, designated as Class 109.
Technical specifications
The locomotives have a
Bo-Bo
B-B and Bo-Bo are the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and British classifications of wheel arrangement for railway locomotives with four axles in two individual bogies. They are equivalent to the B′B′ and Bo′Bo′ classifications ...
axle arrangement and a power output of .
History
The first two pre-series locomotives entered service in 1961.
From 1970 onward, the Class E 11 was designated as ''Class 211''.
Construction resumed until 1976, with 95 locomotives built, and one locomotive rebuilt and renumbered after a rail accident, bringing the total number of locomotives to 96.
Deutsche Bahn withdrew their last former E 11 locomotive, now designated as ''Class 109'', in May 1998.
References
Further reading
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External links
E 11 001 - DB Museum website
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Electric locomotives of Germany
15 kV AC locomotives
E 11
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
Passenger locomotives
LEW locomotives