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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Austria 1042 01: Herbert Ortner· CC BY 4.0
- 2. WRS Ae 1042: Kecko from Eastern Switzerland· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 5 x ÖBB 1042 am Weg zur Verschrottung nach Fürstenfeld: Steindy 00:40, 27. Jan. 2007 (CET).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. ÖBB 1042 032: DerHHO· CC BY 3.0
- 5. ÖBB 1042 033 Wien Zvbf1: DerHHO· CC BY 3.0
- 6. ÖBB 1042 699 St Polten 1992: kevinprince3· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The ÖBB Class 1042 was a class of electric locomotives operated by ÖBB in Austria. From its entry into service in the 1960s, it was an important element of the ÖBB's electrically powered operations. In the 1990s, younger members of the class were converted into Class 1142 locomotives for push–pull operation.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 3.5 MW is about 41 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 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
- 1963–1977
- in service from
- 1963
- number built
- 257
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇦🇹 Austria
- builders
- Brown, Boveri & Cie, Siemens Mobility, Simmering-Graz-Pauker
- operators
- Austrian Federal Railways, Hector Rail
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- 3.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 15 kV Overhead
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 83.9 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q293636, Wikipedia: ÖBB Class 1042 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.