#2104· Baureihe E16
DRG Class E 16
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1926· class of 21 German electric locomotives
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9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. DB 116 009-2: Spoorjan· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Hugh llewelyn E16 08 (5897674789): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. DB-Museum Koblenz - E16: Markus Sichelschmidt· CC BY-SA 2.5
- 4. E16-07: Rainerhaufe at German Wikipedia· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Lok E16 007 P1250746: JuergenG· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. E 16 101 Foto Grundmann: Sammlung G. Grundmann, Dresden· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. E16 03 (42126414302): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Maschinenraum E16: Holger Kames· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Werkfoto SSW E-16 101: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The DRG Class E 16 were German electric locomotives in service with the Bavarian Group Administration of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, and were conceived as motive power for express trains. They were initially designated as the Bavarian Class ES 1, before being incorporated into the DRG numbering plan as E 16.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- 16.3 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
- 1926–1933
- number built
- 21
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Lokomotivfabrik Krauss & Comp.
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 1′Do1′
- length
- 16.3 m
- Dutch name
- Baureihe E16
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q466346, Wikipedia: DRG Class E 16 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.