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LEW EL2
🇩🇪 East Germany ·built by LEW Hennigsdorf· from 1952· Electric mine locomotive from the GDR
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5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 4-1271-100-B3 Welzow 23.03.04: wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 4-1232-100-B3 06.09.06: wassen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. EL2-2318 and EL2-2307 at Hegang Iron and Steel Distribution Station (Feb 2026): Yui_2006· CC BY 4.0
- 4. EL2-8: Gigabyt· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. ElectricLoco EL2: dixi· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
EL2 is an electric locomotive manufactured in the East German LEW Hennigsdorf plant from 1952 to 1988 for industrial railways.
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 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Weighs about as much as 17 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 13.7 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.
spec sheet
- built
- 1952–1988
- number built
- —
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 East Germany
- builders
- LEW Hennigsdorf
- top speed
- 65 km/h
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'Bo'
- length
- 13.7 m
- weight
- 100 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1536822, Wikipedia: LEW EL2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.