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L13252 x
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Locomotive Class E10, Deutsche Bundesbahn, Epoch III
First pre-production Locomotive
The Reichsbahn headquarters in Munich responsible for electric traction decided as early
as 1946 to take up the development work on a universal locomotive originally started back
in 1940. The plan was to further develop the Class E 44 which had already been in service
since 1932. This meant a bogie locomotive without running axle, yet able to produce speeds
of 120 km/h. Having fulfilled these criteria she would be named the E 46.
However, the currency reform in 1948 was to alter the economic situation and transport
policy in Western Germany. In establishing a high-speed transport infrastructure with
speeds of over 120 km/h state planers no longer wanted to rely just on the existing Class 01
and 03 steam locomotives. This was why a new, fast electric locomotive with a top speed
of over 130 km/h had to be developed, which, however, was designated according to the
number scheme of the German Railways as the E10.
Four of the designs submitted by companies by 15th April 1950 were selected. An order
was placed for five of the test locomotives in late 1950.
The E10 001, on which the LILIPUT model is based, was delivered on 23rd August 1952 as
the first pre-production locomotive in the E10 family. Following intensive testing, it entered
service on 3rd January 1953 and was initially housed at the roundhouse at Munich Station.
The locomotive was also on display at the German Transport Exhibition in Munich in 1953. It
stayed in Munich until 22nd February 1955 when it moved to the roundhouse at Nuremberg
Station and remained there until it was withdrawn from service on 26
June 1975. In its
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final years it was mainly earmarked for local passenger trains, but also goods trains. It was
unfortunately dismantled at the workshop in Kassel.
The E10 001 constituted the basis for the later production locomotives E10, E40 and E41.
These locomotives were synonymous with Germany Railways for more than four decades.
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