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ÖBB Class 1014

🇦🇹 Austria ·built by Simmering-Graz-Pauker· from 1993· class of Austrian electric locomotives

ÖBB Class 1014, photo 1 of 6
1/6 R.D. - Rolf-Dresden· CC BY 3.0

what is it?

The ÖBB Class 1014 and 1114 were four-axle multi system electric universal locomotives, built in 1993/94 for ÖBB. The locomotives were designed to operate from Austria, to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary.

who runs it

base stats

  • speed 175 km/htop speed
  • weight 74 tin working order
  • built 18made in total

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 33 years ago, in 1993.
  • Top speed is 1.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
  • Weighs about as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • 17.5 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Served for 23 years (1993–2016).

electric locomotive: Draws power from overhead wires or a third rail and pulls separate carriages.

spec sheet

built
1993–1994
in service from
1993
retired
2016
status
retired
number built
18
kind
Electric
traction
electric
origin
🇦🇹 Austria
builders
Simmering-Graz-Pauker
operators
Austrian Federal Railways, City Airport Train
top speed
175 km/h
power
—
gauge
1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement
Bo-Bo
length
17.5 m
weight
74 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q293629, Wikipedia: ÖBB Class 1014 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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