#2464· Baureihe E18
DRG Class E 18
Deutsches Reich ·built by AEG· from 1935· class of 63 German electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 118-1118: Benedikt Dohmen (user: Benedictus), Archiv-Nr. 63/18· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 118-054: Benedikt Dohmen ( User:Benedictus ), Archiv-Nr. 31/24· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. DB E18 08: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. E 18 08 (1): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. E 18 08 (14.09.1985): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. E 18 08 (2): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. E18 047 im Bahnhof Herborn: Johannes Martin Conrad· CC BY 3.0
- 8. E 18 047 im Bahnbetriebswerk Wiesbaden: Joachim Seyferth· CC BY 4.0
- 9. E 18 047: Milenavaleska· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. E18 047 bei Niederscheld: Johannes Martin Conrad· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG) Class E 18 is a class of electric locomotives built in Germany and Austria between 1935 and 1955. With exception of Class E 19 it was Deutsche Reichsbahn's fastest electric locomotive. After 1945 most of the surviving locomotives were operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), although a few passed to Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) and Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB).
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 16.9 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
- 1935–1955
- retired
- 1991
- status
- retired
- number built
- 63
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- Deutsches Reich
- builders
- AEG, thyssenkrupp AG, Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- 1′Do1′
- length
- 16.9 m
- Dutch name
- Baureihe E18
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q282746, Wikipedia: DRG Class E 18 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.