Deutsche Bahn class 111 electric locos

a 111 seen before Burg Reichenstein by Trechtingshausen

a 111 on a regional train at Leer (Geoff Churchman)

The West German class 111 was the successor to the class E10 (later 110) from the 1950s (see earlier post) with the same Bo-Bo axle arrangement.  Between 1974 and 1984 a total of 227 examples were built. They were placed in service mainly in regional and local traffic. as well as light long distance passenger traffic. In the Rhine and Ruhr areas they were placed also into S-Bahn-traffic whereby they were given the appropriate livery and destination displays.

They are still a mainstay of DB traffic in the west.

Road numbers:  111 001–227
Number built:    227  (222 in the current roster)
Builders:     AEG, BBC, Henschel, Krauss-Maffei, Krupp, Siemens
Length over buffers:     16,750 mm
Service weight:     83 tonnes
Top speed:   160 km/h
Output (one hour):     4×925 kW = 3,700 kW
Output (continuous):     4×905 kW = 3,620 kW
Tractive effort:  274 kN
Power to weight ratio:  44.6 kW/t