4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. L04 862 Innotrans 2024, 105 019: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Talgo BR 105 Führestand: TarikMatthias· CC BY 4.0
- 3. Talgo-105-019-and-alstom-188-012-on-innotrans-trade-fair--2024-09-23--picture-by-georgr--cc-by-sa: GeorgR (de)· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. L04 857 Innotrans 2024, 105 019, UIC-Raster: Falk2· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The DB Class 105 is a class of multi-system electric locomotives, which has been ordered by DB Fernverkehr from the Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Talgo to haul the ICE L.
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 5 years ago, in 2021.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 10 minutes.
- 19.7 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
- 2021
- number built
- 79
- kind
- electric locomotive
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Talgo
- operators
- DB Fernverkehr
- top speed
- 230 km/h
- power
- —
- electric system
- 15 kV, 16,7 Hz AC,, 25 kV, 50 Hz AC,, 1,5 kV DC
- wheel arrangement
- Bo’Bo’
- length
- 19.7 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q125458824, Wikipedia: DB Class 105 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.