In 2018, Siemens awarded the Swiss logistics company Hupac eight Vectron MS freight train locomotives. The multi-system power vehicles have been procured for use on the Rhine-Alps corridor in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands (DACHINL)....
The operation with battery-operated railcar was introduced in Germany before the First World War. The 2-piece "Wittfeld" battery-operated rail car, whose batteries were housed in the distinctive front structures, was in use until after World War II. After...
The ETA 150 series of railcars were very popular with passengers due to their excellent handling comfort and low noise. From 1954 to 1965, a total of 232 units were built. In addition, 216 control cars of the ESA 150 model were put into operation. The...
In order to make travel and excursion traffic more attractive for the German population at the beginning of the 1930er, the then German State Railroad Company (DRG) decided to build a total of five observation cars. At the time, it was important for the...
Since summer 2023 the electric locomotive 101 019 of DB AG is on the way in a special design! In cooperation with Fleischmann and the destination of nature, the machine now carries the message of climate-friendly and, above all, car-free tourism on the...
In the 1960s, the E 03 series produced the most powerful electric locomotive previously for use in passenger train traffic on the German Federal Railways. From 1970 to 1974 a total of 145 series locomotives were built and officially referred to as series...
The progressive electrification of the DR line network required the development of a four-axle electric locomotive in the early 1980s. The series 243 is a universal electric locomotive of the German Federal Railways that was derived from the tested locomotive...
In 2019, the Austrian Federal Railways launched an upgrade program for the renewal of the double-deck trains (DOSTO). This means that approx. 100 cars will be optimized to a modern Cityjet level by 2023. The modernization includes, among other things,...
In August 2005, Cisalpino, a joint venture between SBB and Trenitalia, rented Re 484 series locomotives. These were used for cross-border EuroCity traffic between Bern, Geneva and Milan. The elimination of the locomotive change at the border reduced the...
The 185.2 series is an electric dual-system locomotive, with crash-optimized locomotive body, from Bombardier Transportation. It can be used on both conventional AC systems 15 kV/16 2/3 Hz and 25 kV/ 50 Hz, commonly used in Europe. The first machine of...
The machines of the series E 41 (from 1968: 141) were delivered to the Deutsche Bundesbahn for the first time in 1956 for light and mixed service on main lines with a maximum speed of 120 km/h and a continuous output of 2,310 kW. As the only series of...
Hector Rail, which was founded in Stockholm in 2004, operates trains between Scandinavia and Germany. Hector Rail has been using 10 locomotives from the former DB series 151 since 2016/17 in scheduled service. The new series label is 162. An additional...
On 24 January 1905, electrical operation was started on the 23.7 km long railway line to the Ammertal valley. It was the first ride of an electric train under a simple AC overhead line. This made it the first line to be equipped with a new system, the...
The prototype carries 5,962 kW, weighs 118 tons and has a highest speed of 120 km/h. A total of between 1972 and 1978 170 copies of the heavy goods train locomotive were delivered to the German Federal Railways.This text is machine translated.
The electric locomotives Siemens type ES64U4, used as series 1216 (Taurus III) of the Austrian Federal Railways (OeBB) as well as other European railways, are multi-system three-phase universal locomotives based on the technology of the Siemens EuroSprinter...