#5056· Baureihe 145

DBAG Class 145 and 146

🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Adtranz· from 1997· two related classes of German electric locomotives

6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Baureihe 145 067-5: Thomas Wolf ( Der Wolf im Wald )· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Baureihe 145 by Niederkasseler - panoramio: Niederkasseler· CC BY-SA 3.0
3. Baureihe 145 Paulinenaue: Sebastian Terfloth User:Sese_Ingolstadt· CC BY-SA 2.5
4. Baureihe 145 (9279994906) (2): Lars Steffens· CC BY-SA 2.0
5. BR 145 in Meißen: Paul14· CC BY-SA 3.0
6. 145 078 mit Güterzug sowie S-Bahn (Baureihe 420) auf der Mainbrücke Kostheim: Joachim Seyferth· CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The DBAG Class 145 and DBAG Class 146 are Bo-Bo mainline electric locomotives built by Adtranz primarily for the Deutsche Bahn at the end of the 1990s. The Class 145 is the freight version for DB Cargo; the Class 146 is the passenger version for DB Regio. Additional freight machines were built for the former Swiss railway Mittelthurgaubahn as well as for various private operators and leasing companies.

who runs it

Wil–Kreuzlingen railway line DB Regio DB Cargo SBB Cargo

base stats

speed 160 km/htop speed
power 4.2 MWpower output
weight 80 tin working order
built 134made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

First built 29 years ago, in 1997.
Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
4.2 MW is about 49 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
18.9 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built: 1997–2002
in service from: 1997
number built: 134
kind: Electric
traction: electric
origin: 🇩🇪 Germany
builders: Adtranz, ALSTOM Transportation Germany
operators: Wil–Kreuzlingen railway line, DB Regio, DB Cargo, SBB Cargo
top speed: 160 km/h
power: 4.2 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
electric system: 15 kV AC Catenary
wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′
length: 18.9 m
weight: 80 t
Dutch name: Baureihe 145

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q12056024, Wikipedia: DBAG Class 145 and 146 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.