#1975
DRG Class E 79
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by KraussMaffei· from 1923· class of 2 German electric locomotives
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- 1. Prinzipskizze E 79 01: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The DRG Class E 79 (originally ordered as Bavarian Class EG 4) was one of the goods train electric locomotive classes procured by the Bavarian Group Administration of the Deutsche Reichsbahn for the line from Freilassing to Berchtesgaden. The two engines, delivered in 1927, were scrapped however as early as the start of the Second World War.
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 103 years ago, in 1923.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1923
- retired
- 1939
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- KraussMaffei, Maffei
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1155279, Wikipedia: DRG Class E 79 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.