2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ÖBB 1245.05: Hufi· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Sonderzug ÖBB 1245 2012-09-29: Simon Legner ( User:simon04 )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The BBÖ class 1170.2 (later DRB class E 45.2, then ÖBB class 1245) was an electric locomotive of the Austrian Federal Railways.
who runs it
base stats
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 92 years ago, in 1934.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1934–1939
- retired
- 1995
- status
- retired
- number built
- 112
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- builders
- AEG, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Siemens-Schuckert
- operators
- Austrian Federal Railways
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 15 kV / 16, 2, 3 Hz
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q787231, Wikipedia: BBÖ 1170.2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.