The DRG Class E93 is an electric heavy freight locomotive built by
AEG for
Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1933. Its development was triggered by the electrification of the
Geislinger Steige, a steep
grade of the mainline railroad between Stuttgart and Ulm, which had been electrified in 1933 and required powerful new freight locomotives to overcome it with heavy freight trains.
Production
The 18 ordered units were delivered between 1933 and 1937.
Appearance
The external appearance superficially resembles a
Swiss crocodile but the German locomotive differs in that the axles are individually powered and the body is not articulated.
The DRG Class E93 is an electric heavy freight locomotive built by
AEG for
Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1933. Its development was triggered by the electrification of the
Geislinger Steige, a steep
grade of the mainline railroad between Stuttgart and Ulm, which had been electrified in 1933 and required powerful new freight locomotives to overcome it with heavy freight trains.
Production
The 18 ordered units were delivered between 1933 and 1937.
Appearance
The external appearance superficially resembles a
Swiss crocodile but the German locomotive differs in that the axles are individually powered and the body is not articulated.