#3607· DR-Baureihe E 11
DR Class E 11
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by LEW Hennigsdorf· from 1961· class of 96 East German electric locomotives
3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. EGP 211 030-2 Drehscheibe: Heimo Werth· Public domain
- 2. 211 001 Ausbesserungswerk Dessau: Rainerhaufe· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. E11 033 01: Cherubino· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DR Class E 11 is a class of electric locomotives formerly operated by the Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany. They were later operated by Deutsche Bahn, designated as Class 109.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 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
- 1961–1976
- in service from
- 1961
- number built
- 96
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- LEW Hennigsdorf
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Bahn
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- y overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.3 m
- weight
- 82.5 t
- Dutch name
- DR-Baureihe E 11
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q315854, Wikipedia: DR Class E 11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.