#4203· Baureihe 111
DB Class 111
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1974· class of 227 German electric locomotives
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. BR 111 147 IMGP7151: Smial· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 2. 111 214-3 Nürnberg Hbf, 2013: Lars Steffens· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. RailAdventure class 111: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. DB 111 017-0: ANKAWÜ· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. DB Class 111 at Munich Hauptbahnhof: Austin Ring· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. RailAdventure DB 111: Austin Ring· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. DB 111 004: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. 10.08.88 Klagenfurt Hbf DB 111.010 (11717750704): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. DB 111 052: Mariolu04· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. 1992 10 02 Offenburg DB Rheintalstrecke Km 144 0 BR111 083: Peter Nath· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Baureihe 111 is a class of electric locomotives built for the Deutsche Bundesbahn, and now owned by Deutsche Bahn.
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 52 years ago, in 1974.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 15 minutes.
- 3.7 MW is about 44 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.8 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
- 1974–1984
- status
- in service
- number built
- 227
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Henschel & Sohn, Friedrich Krupp AG, Siemens, AEG, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Lokomotiv- und Waggonbaufabrik Krupp
- operators
- Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- power
- 3.7 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- Catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.8 m
- weight
- 83 t
- Dutch name
- Baureihe 111
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q558185, Wikipedia: DB Class 111 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.