Pioneers under Electric Power

Our photo database documents the beginnings and the initial heyday of electric traction on German railways. The extensive collection features electric locomotives built up to 1945—ranging from the early designs of the state railways to the groundbreaking standardized locomotives of the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

Clicking on the class designation takes you to the images in the photo database.

Factory photograph of the E 16 101, built in 1928. Hans Kobschätzky Collection.

Series DR (DB/DR)	Numbers	built	Decommissioning
E 00	E 00 02 (prussian ES 2)	1911	1927
E 01	E 01 09-19 (prussian ES 9-19)	1914	1926-1932
E 04 – 104 – 204	E 04 01–23	1932–1939	1982
E 05	E 05 001, 002, 103	1933	1962
E 06	E 06 01–07 (prussian ES 51–57)	1924	1956
E 06.1	E 06 08-12	1927	1956
E 15	E 15 01 (ex E 18 01)	1927	1953
E 16 – 116	E 16 01–17 (bav. ES 1)	1926–1929	1980
E 16.1 – 116	E 16 18-21	1932-1933	1980
E 16.5	E 16 101	1928	1946
E 17 – 117	E 17 01–14, 101–124	1928–1929	1980
E 18 – 118 – 218	E 18 01–55	1935–1939 (DB 1954/55)	1984 DB, 1991 DR
E 19 – 119	E 19 01–02, 11–12	1938	1975-1978
E 21	E 21 01–02, E 21 51	1926–1927	1966
E 21.5	E 21 51	1927	1945
E 30	E 30 02-08 (prussian EP 202-208)	1914	1930
E 32 – 132	E 32 06–34, 101–108 (bav. EP 2)	1924 und 1932	1972
E 36	E 36 01–04 (bav. EP 3)	1914	1943
E 36.2	E 36 21–24 (bav. EP 4)	1914	1938
E 42.1	E 42 13 und 14 (prussian EP 213 und 214)	1924	1960
E 42.2	E 42 15-19 (prussian EP 215-219)	1924	1960
E 44 – 144 – 244	E 44 001–187 188-189 (ex 244 11 und 22)	1931–1945; DB 1950 und 1955	1984 DB, 1991 DR
E 44W – 145	E 44 1152,1154,1155, 1158, 1161, 1162, 1167-1170, 1172, 1174, 1176, 1177, 1180, 1181	with electric brake for steep gradients (DB)	1984
E 44.5 – 144.5	E 44 501-505	1931-1935	1983
E 44.20	E 44 2001	1931	1950
E 49	E 49 02 (prussian EP 209/10 und 211/12) Double locomotive	1921	1928
E 50.3	E 50 36–46 (prussian EP 236-246)	1924	1946
E 50.4	E 50 47–52 (prussian EP 247-252)	1924	1945
E 52 – 152	E 52 01–35 (bav. EP 5)	1924–1925	1973
E 60 – 160	E 60 01–14	1927–1934	1983
E 61	E 61 01-03; 05-09 (bad. A2)	1911	1936
E 61.2	E 61 21 und 22 (bad. A3)	1913	1930
E 62	E 62 01-05 (bav. EP 1)	1912	1955
E 63 – 163	E 63 01–04 (AEG) E 63 05-07 (BBC)	1935/1937	1976-1979
E 69 – 169	E 69 01–05 (ex LAG 1–5)	1909–1930	1982
E 70	E 70 02-06 (prussian EG 502-506)	1911/1912	1938
E 70	E 70 07-08 (prussian EG 507-508)	1913	1938
E 70.2	E 70 21 und 22 (bav. EG 2)	1920	1951
E 71	E 71 11–37 (preuss. EG 511–537)	1914–1920	1959
E 73	E 73 01 und 02 (bav. EG 1)	1914/1915	1941
E 73	E 73 03 (prussian EV 1/2; Hafenbahn Altona)	1907 (Renovation 1911)	1932
E 73	E 73 05 (prussian EV 5; Hafenbahn Altona)	1922	1953
E 73	E 73 06 (Hafenbahn Altona)	1925	1955
E 75 – 175	E 75 01–12, 51–69	1928–1931	1972
E 77	E 77 01–31 (prussian EG 701-725) 51–75 (bav. EG 3)	1924–1926	1968
E 79	E 79 01–02 (bav. EG 4)	1927	1940
E 80	E 80 01-05 (Hybrid locomotive)	1930	1961
E 90.5	E 90 51-60 (prussian EG 551/552-569/570) Double locomotive	1920	1960
E 91.0 – 191	E 91 01–20 (bav. EG 5) E 91 81–94 (prussian EG 581-594) 95–106 (DR)	1925–1927	1975
E 91.9 – 191	E 91 95-106	1929	1975
E 91.3	E 91 38-49 (prussian EG 538-549) three-unit locomotives	1915	1945
E 92.7	E 92 71-79 (prussian EG 571-579) Double locomotive	1923	1963
E 93 – 193	E 93 01–18	1933/1937	1984
E 94 – 194 – 254	E 94 001 … 285	1940–1945; 1954-56 construction by DB	1988 DB 1991 DR 1995 ÖBB (BR 1020)
E 95 – 255	E 95 01–06	1927	1969