Class 139 Electric Locomotive
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German Railways Photos Class 139 Electric Locomotive |
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4950 hp / 3700 kW built from 1957. Bo-Bo trucks. 15,000 volts. 110 km/h, 70
mph. Designed for steeply graded lines, they were a development of the
class 140 with revised braking. This locomotive was built by Krauss-Maffei (works number 19072) in January 1965 as E40 1558 and in 1968 became 139 558-1. DB 139 558-1 heads a westbound freight past Linz Hauptbahnhof in Austria on Wednesday September 25th, 2002. |
Michael Taylor
