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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 193-012: Benedikt Dohmen , Archiv-Nr. 42/32· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. BR193-008: Heinz Seehagel· Public domain
- 3. E 93 07 (08.10.1985): Bahnfan44789· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. E93 07 Koblenz Luetzel 02062012 01: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. E93 07 Koblenz Luetzel 02062012 02: Total number of my uploaded files : 1116· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. E93 07 (28313345388): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Koblenz Elok E93 07: Berlinverkehr· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DRG Class E93 is an electric heavy freight locomotive built by AEG for Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1933. Its development was triggered by the electrification of the Geislinger Steige, a steep grade of the mainline railroad between Stuttgart and Ulm, which had been electrified in 1933 and required powerful new freight locomotives to overcome it with heavy freight trains. Its successor is the DRG Class E 94.
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- 2.5 MW is about 29 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 17.7 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
- 1933
- in service from
- 1933
- number built
- 18
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- AEG
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 2.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 17.7 m
- weight
- 118 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q693542, Wikipedia: DRG Class E 93 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.