#3818· Baureihe 103
DB Class 103
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by AEG· from 1965· class of 4+145 electric locomotives in Germany
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 103 184 DB nahe Ostermünchen - Bayern (1): Steffs88· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Drei Elektrolokomotiven der Baureihe 103 im Bahnhof Bremen-Hemelingen: Fotograf: Benedikt Dohmen (user Benedictus), Archiv-Nr. 60/12· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. RailAdventure Class 103: Paul Smith from UK· CC BY 2.0
- 4. DB Class 103 Munich Hauptbahnhof: Austin Ring· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Baureihe 103 is a class of electric locomotives in Germany, originally operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn. For a long period, they were perceived as flagships of the DB rolling stock.
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 61 years ago, in 1965.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
- Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 38 years (1965–2003).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1965–1973
- in service from
- 1965
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 149
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- AEG, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Henschel & Sohn, KraussMaffei, Friedrich Krupp AG, Siemens, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp, Siemens-Schuckert
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.5 m
- weight
- 112 t
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 103
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q388564, Wikipedia: DB Class 103 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.