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DR Class E 42
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by LEW Hennigsdorf· from 1963· class of 292 East German electric locomotives
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. E-Lok 142 255-9: Magnus Gertkemper· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. DBAG 142 255: Michael Heimerl· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The DR Class E 42 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 142.
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 63 years ago, in 1963.
- 2.9 MW is about 34 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 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
- 1963–1976
- retired
- 1992
- status
- retired
- number built
- 292
- kind
- Electric
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- LEW Hennigsdorf
- operators
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR), Deutsche Bahn
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- power
- 2.9 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- y overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 16.3 m
- weight
- 82.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q452124, Wikipedia: DR Class E 42 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.