Elektrische Lokomotiven aus europäischer Produktion

In 1992, a demonstrator was built to show what Siemens-KraussMaffei had to offer the German railways, as they were planning in giant new orders to rejuvenate their fleet. This machine, the designated 127 001, convinced many, but this did not result in the desired German order, due to many economical and political changes. Nevertheless, the DB demanded it to be re-engineered and so its concept did end up in the DB 152 series, and in the Austrian OBB Taurus locomotives, so it did get its multi-purpose successor everyone dreamed of, only in a different package.

In 2000, the 127 001 became part of the newly erected Siemens Dispolok pool for locomotive leasing. That's why the pink colour of the cabs was changed into yellow, Dispolok-yellow. As Siemens sold its Dispolok activities to MRCE from Japan in 2006, also the EuroSprinter became property of this company. This lasted until 2010, when Siemens decided to buy the locomotive back from MRCE, being an important item in its locomotive building history.

2015

2015-07-12

[DE] PCW 8 bringing 01 1104 (012 104-6) to Eisenbahn Werkstätten Krefeld (EWK)

2014

2014-07-29

[DE/UK] PCW 8 and new trains for the UK

2014-03-10

[DE] A day in the park with PCW8 (and steam loco 03 1010)

2013

2013-03-16

[DE] Siemens PCW8: Early morning duty

2012

2012-08-31

[DE] 127 001 / PCW8 running again!

2012-08-24

[DE] EuroSprinter 127 001 (or PCW 8) to Nürnberg

2012-07-03

[DE] Railcolor Report: open door day in Wegberg-Wildenrath

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[DE] Railcolor Report: open door day in Wegberg-Wildenrath

On 01.07.2012, Siemens invited everyone to come and take a look at its Wegberg-Wildenrath test center. Visitors could run the T2 and T3 test oval with Schienenbusse and a Belgian Desiro-ML. There was a world attempt with BRIO-tracks. Girls were extracting DNA from unions etc etc. There were many Siemens trains standing around. Some open for public, others hidden in the background. We wouldn't be surprized of all 15 Velaro-D trainsets were present. The same for many Desiro-ML trainsets (for example 08521, 08523) and locomotives for Belgium. Trams were being repaired after heavy crashes, locomotives were refitted with ETCS. Much to see. A big thanks to Siemens to give us this opportunity. Our report of the day:

EuroSprinter for sale! (black vs. white)
For anyone still interested: Siemens still has three 189 series locomotives for sale: E 189 845, 822 and 823. All three were present during the day, parked next to a black one: ES 64 F4-995.

PCW Thunderbirds are go!

In Wegberg, Siemens has several locomotives used for shunting. The have PCW numbers. PCW 6 is a red Vossloh G800BB, PCW 7 is the EuroRunner and the EuroSprinter godfather is now PCW 8. The question however still remains, will PCW 8 ever run again? For two years now, the machine is parked in Wegberg, have some sort of damage... PCW 7 presented itself in two different sizes. However, the model was a silver scale locomotive, with small inkjet-printed paper logos and graphics.

Everybody Vectron!

A long waiting queue was there all day. Everybody wanted to climb into Vectron 193 922, parked outside. We did not go in, but made some nice close-ups of the exterior and some impressions. Again a tip for everyone looking for works numbers (193 924 = SMP 21697) of Siemens locomotives: go to cab no.1, check the frame right above the right buffer. Good luck!

Hide and seek
Some locomotives did not like all the attention. One had to know what to look for to find them. All in the back of the halls we could see 193 901 (the only Vectron now with the old, Belgian front bow) and Rail One's 474 102. Hidden in the bush outside, two Traxx locomotives were spotted; 186 121 (edit) in Fyra-colors and IGT 246 011 still celebrating German's 150th railways anniversary. Behind ES 64 F4-453 we could identify ES 64 F4-409 and Nordcargo 474 201. - DvdR

SNCB 19 vs Vectron and the auto-coupler
Around fifteen HLE 19 series locomotives were seen in Wegberg. The 1909, 1906 and 1913 were in front of the public. We took the opportunity to make some good close-ups of 1906 and its Schwab-coupler system, that what makes the HLE19 different from its normal HLE18 sisters. Also note the special steel, futuristic construction behind it.

And in the mean while in Mönchengladbach...
And in the mean while in Mönchengladbach... ES 64 F4-406 with CFI-logos is ready to go back to Italy. - TW MRCE ES64F4 RailOne ES64F4 Siemens ER20-2007 Siemens Vectron locos used for test and promotion SNCB HLE 18-19 Stock locomotives type ES 64 F4 the EuroSprinter

2011

2011-04-06

[DE] EuroSprinter and the Deutsche Bahn

2009

2009-07-12

[DE] THE EuroSprinter has a new livery!

2009-05-18

[DE] Siemens 'Lokzug'

2009-03-24

[DE] Siemens on the move

In its final years being a member of the Dispolok fleet, the EuroSprinter was mainly used as work horse, hauling other (Siemens) rolling stock from Munich to Wegberg-Wildenrath and Berlin for example. This resulted in many exotic convoy trains. Some examples are shown.

On 10.07.2009, the work shops of Dessau completed the second large overhaul of the EuroSprinter. Appearantly, MRCE Dispolok saw enough potential fur this unique locomotive for the next eight years to spend money on an extensive check-up. This time, also the looks of the machine were altered; Its Dispolok-yellow cabs referred to a corporate identity that was replaced by black few years before, so it had to be updated somehow. The end result was a design with two different faces: the body was painted in antracit grey, the cabs got a light grey color. The front surface of cab 1 was painted silver, that one of cab 2 got a magenta colour. On both sides the EuroSprinter typeface was put on a again, but again on both sides in two different colours; Magenta on the 1-2 side, light grey on the 2-1 side.

The unit made one of its first appearances in the new livery sandwiching a special train together with OBB 1216 025, the worlds fastest electric locomotive.

Krauss-Maffei

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1992

EuroSprinter

Bo'Bo'-el

ES 64 P-001