#4366· Baureihe 120
DB Class 120
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Brown, Boveri & Cie· from 1979· class of German electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 120-002: Benedikt Dohmen ( User:Benedictus ), Archiv-Nr. 63/28· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 120 105-2 Ü-P und H, 2013: Lars Steffens· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. DB 120 134: Chris0693· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. DB 120 502: Chris0693· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. DB 120 001 (25.05.79): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. DB 120 003: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. DB 120 004: Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Lokomotiven-der-db-baureihe-120-im-ausbesserungswerk-freimann--1988-07-27--picture-by-ulrich-steuber--pd: Ulrich Steuber· Public domain
- 9. BR 120 003 1985: Pancolar· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. DB Class 120 test run Rohrbach: Kilian Salzer· Attribution
what is it?
The DB Baureihe 120 is a class of electric locomotives operated by DB Fernverkehr in Germany. In November 2023, the last locomotives of this series were decommissioned by Deutsche Bahn. A few were sold to private railway companies and are operational.
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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- 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.
- 5.6 MW is about 66 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.2 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 32 years (1979–2011).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1979–1989
- in service from
- 1979
- retired
- 2011
- status
- retired
- number built
- 65
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Brown, Boveri & Cie, Henschel & Sohn, KraussMaffei, Friedrich Krupp AG, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- 5.6 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 15 kV 16, 2, 3 Hz AC Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 19.2 m
- weight
- 84 t
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 120
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q613165, Wikipedia: DB Class 120 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.