#3356· Baureihe 150
DB Class E 50
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Henschel & Sohn· from 1957· class of 194 German electric locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Einheitselektrolokomotive schwere Gueterzuglok Baureihe E 50-091: Heidas· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DB 150 089 (14.09.1985): Manfred Kopka· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Stuttgart, Untertürkheim, Deutsche Bahn Class E 50, 1983 (SIK 03-020998): ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Bärtschi, Hans-Peter / SIK_03-020998 / CC BY-SA 4.0· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. DB E50 091: Michael Heimerl· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. E50 091 (42193314131): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Koblenz Elok E50 091: Berlinverkehr· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Class E 50 is an electric heavy freight locomotive built for German Federal Railways between 1957 and 1973. It belongs to the Einheits-Elektrolokomotiven (standardised electric locomotives) program and was built as a heavy freight mover to be used on the increasingly electrified main lines of the DB, where they were set to replace the steam traction. In 1968 the series was redesignated as class 150 (E50).
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- 4.5 MW is about 53 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 21 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 19.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 46 years (1957–2003).
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 2003
- status
- retired
- number built
- 194
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Henschel & Sohn, KraussMaffei, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 4.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 15 kV 16.7 Hz Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.5 m
- weight
- 128 t
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 150
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q567338, Wikipedia: DB Class E 50 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.