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German Reichsbahn E 42
later class 242, DB AG class 142 and Lokoop Ae 477
Germany | 1961
292 produced
242 001 parked in Mannheim in February 2020
242 001 parked in Mannheim in February 2020
JoachimKohler-HB

The E 42 was developed on the basis of the E 11, which had a lower top speed of 100 km/h and a higher tractive effort. It was intended for traffic with freight trains and slow passenger trains and was built in significantly larger numbers than its prototype. Just as the last E 11 were built directly as class 211, the last E 42 were built as class 242. Right at the beginning of the 1990s, 18 units came to Switzerland, where they were used by several operators in front of freight trains. Some of the locomotives equipped there with multiple controls later came back to Germany and are still used there today to pull freight trains weighing up to 2,700 tons.

General
Built1961-1963, 1970-1976
ManufacturerLEW Hennigsdorf
Axle configB-B 
Gauge4 ft 8 1/2 in (Standard gauge)
Dimensions and Weights
Length53 ft 4 3/16 in
Wheelbase37 ft 0 7/8 in
Rigid wheelbase11 ft 5 13/16 in
Service weight181,881 lbs
Adhesive weight181,881 lbs
Axle load45,636 lbs
Boiler
Power Plant
Power
Power sourceelectric - AC
Electric system15.000 V 16⅔ Hz
Hourly power3,916 hp (2,920 kW)
Continuous power3,674 hp (2,740 kW)
Top speed75 mph
Starting effort48,559 lbf
Calculated Values
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passenger
freight
last changed: 02/2023
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