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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: DBAG Class 101, DBAG Class 128, Iore, EuroSprinter, SBB-CFF-FFS Ce 6/8 I, SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 4/8, SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 6/6, DB Class E 10, SBB-CFF-FFS Be 3/5, SBB-CFF-FFS Be 4/6 12301, SBB-CFF-FFS Be 4/6 12302, DRG Class E 18, DR Class 243, NSB El 18, DRG Class E 91, SBB-CFF-FFS Re 460, NSB El 17, SBB-CFF-FFS Ae 4/7, SJ U, SBB-CFF-FFS Re 620, DB Class 103, DBAG Class 145 and 146, SBB-CFF-FFS Re 420, DRG Class E 77, SJ Rc, SJ D, DB Class 111, DB Class E 40, DB Class 120, DR Class 250, DRG Class E 16, DRG Class ET 85, D Class 380, DB Class E 41, NSB El 7, DRG Class ET 91, SNCB Class 28, SNCB Class 18, SJ Dm3, NSB El 15, SBB-CFF-FFS De 6/6, DB Class 150, SJ Ma, SBB-CFF-FFS Re 450, NSB El 16, NSB El 11, NSB El 6, NSB El 14, NSB El 12, DB Class 151, SBB-CFF-FFS Ee 922, SJ F, SJ Rb, NSB El 3, SNCF Class BB 37000, SJ O, CFL Class 4000, NSB El 8, NSB El 9, SNCB Class 16, NSB El 5, SJ Ra, DRG Class E 93, NSB El 4, DRG Class E 94, SJ Rm, SJ Mg, NSB El 2, SJ Da, ASEA Rz, SJ Pa. Excerpt: DBAG Class 101 is a class of three-phase electric locomotives built by Adtranz and operated by DB Fernverkehr in Germany. 145 locomotives were built between 1996 and 1999 to replace the 30-year old and aging Class 103 as the flagship of DB AG. This class encompasses the latest generation of locomotives of the DB. In the United States, the ALP-46 locomotive is derived from the DBAG Class 101. Bombardier's TRAXX shares a common heritage. 101 029 in front of a Regionaltrain on Nuremberg-Ingolstadt high-speed rail line.In the early 1990s it became apparent that the current electric locomotives serving the heavy and fast (speeds over 160 km/h) InterCity service, the Class 103, were wearing out. The annual mileage of the class 103 locomotives of up to 350,000 km, and the faster and heavier trains, for which these units were not constructed, meant increasing d...
