The most important of Germany's Electrics!

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While Germany invested early on heavily into electric traction, it wasn't until the late 1950s, electric locomotives emerged in large numbers by modern standards. But one of them outcompeted them all and became the backbone of West Germany's goods traffic: The E 40, or better known as BR 140!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Development
1:13 Production
2:00 Numbers
2:30 Brakes
3:25 Variants
6:06 Legacy
7:27 Outro

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  • @CelestialCaboose2472
    @CelestialCaboose24724 күн бұрын

    I've always loved stories like this of now vintage locomotives staying in service up for way longer then they were ever intended too becauze they were just that good. My personal favorite is the Santa Fe Baldwin V1000 that became the infamous "Beep" over here in north america.

  • @MacG467_
    @MacG467_4 күн бұрын

    I can't say this enough times: you bring so much detailed information that it amazes me! Another fantastic video!

  • @steelbridgemodels

    @steelbridgemodels

    4 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your kind words! I'm trying my best!

  • @the_vehicle_spotter
    @the_vehicle_spotter5 күн бұрын

    Very nice video. Im really fascinated in the German railways but unfortunately I don’t speak German so i don’t understand it much. So thanks for having this in English. But it would be fantastic if you made a video of the Br 218😄

  • @sihocolus

    @sihocolus

    4 күн бұрын

    Because of its recent Release as DLC for the Video Game "Train Sim World 4"? 😅

  • @the_vehicle_spotter

    @the_vehicle_spotter

    4 күн бұрын

    @@sihocolus​​⁠ njaaa well it’s always been interesting but of course a bit more when i bought it for TSW4. But generally i found some information myself about the loco which i found fascinating. Although not that much since I don’t understand German that well

  • @sihocolus
    @sihocolus4 күн бұрын

    I would like to see anything about the ET series Trains, the 165, 166 and 167. Some of them where put in Service in Soviet union and Poland after WW2, but would like to know more about them.

  • @Lenaneko
    @Lenaneko5 күн бұрын

    I find the Class 139's from Lokomotion very interesting. Most of them are modernised with LED lights and modern train control systems, even ETCS as far as I know. It's nice to see, that this old locomotive is still needed so much, that some EVU still put so much effort into them. Also Bayernbahn is a mention worth here i say. Loved this Video about this Class

  • @peterforden5917
    @peterforden59174 күн бұрын

    A class that often appears in pre-war film scenes is the v-36 and it's family of derivative diesels, But...I can find no information about them in English! , this is astounding because they shunted the massive rail guns that exchanged fire with British rail guns near Dover at the appropriately called "hell-fire corner", the fact that they look similar to certain L.M.S. diesel loco's they should be of interest to any modeller of early diesel shunters and there are some great models available to modellers, Sorry for bringing up the now nearly century old unpleasantness between our nations. but little is available and YOU are fast becoming the 'go to' source of information on a little known ( to us in Eire and the U.K. at the very least!) German railway, please continue this amazingly informative work :)

  • @theempirestrikesback2939

    @theempirestrikesback2939

    4 күн бұрын

    Interesting information you give. Until now I only had the knowledge of the Baureihe [class] V188 hauling any german rail guns. I assume you mean shunting operation in France on mainland europe. Interesting for me on the other hand would be if ever any British designs (esp. WD 8F 2-8-0 / 2-10-0) reached German ground when the allies did free Germany from the Nazi regime.

  • @muir8009
    @muir80094 күн бұрын

    Thanks

  • @steelbridgemodels

    @steelbridgemodels

    3 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your support!

  • @danielfield2570
    @danielfield25703 күн бұрын

    This is great, I’d love to know more about German Railways but I unfortunately don’t speak german. Thanks for this, from the U.K. 🇬🇧

  • @SalmanMentos
    @SalmanMentos4 күн бұрын

    Really cool

  • @muir8009
    @muir80094 күн бұрын

    Brilliant video as always. Just one minor technical detail: the big lever for the driver to pull underneath the locomotive to change from overhead pantograph pickup to stud contact... ;)

  • @steelbridgemodels

    @steelbridgemodels

    3 күн бұрын

    How could I forget about this crucial detail! Haha!

  • @lukasilskens2051
    @lukasilskens20515 күн бұрын

    Love it The Einheitseloks are so Awesome. Modell looks great as well. Keep it up.

  • @steelbridgemodels

    @steelbridgemodels

    4 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @user-ip2mr1zr8i
    @user-ip2mr1zr8i4 күн бұрын

    Very cool video bro just awesome

  • @robertbalazslorincz8218
    @robertbalazslorincz82184 күн бұрын

    Can you do a video about the SNCF BB 9400 and maybe even the MÁV V43 class? (The design of the latter was derived from the former, albeit there were a lot of redesigns so as to solve issues that came up.)

  • @AndreEckert
    @AndreEckert4 күн бұрын

    Can you do the Br 112 next ?

  • @cyberkidmfb
    @cyberkidmfb3 күн бұрын

    Could you make a video on the unification of East and West German railways? What challenges did they face with regards to locomotive power and rolling stock? Any interesting stories?

  • @chickenpommes19

    @chickenpommes19

    3 күн бұрын

    Unification was a gift from above for the west german DB, as they were short on rolling stock during that time. Many of the now redundant (economic collapse meant significantly fewer demand vfor both freight and commuter trains) East german BR143 were transferred to the west to pull commuter trains in regions like the Ruhr and around cologne as well as in southern germany, which in turn freed up the BR111 to haul other services such as the new InterRegio and regular regional services or even some InterCity.

  • @COPPAS70
    @COPPAS704 күн бұрын

    Very nice indeed. Your videos are superbly done and much appreciated. Also, as a Swede I do understand German to some extent, but the information given in English here is way easier to take in.

  • @Zugdurchfahrt311
    @Zugdurchfahrt3115 күн бұрын

    Isn't the BR 151 also of the same Einheitslok family

  • @lukasilskens2051

    @lukasilskens2051

    5 күн бұрын

    Yes and No. Rather No, the borrow design Conzepts, but the Einheitseloks are E10, E40/41 and E50

  • @steelbridgemodels

    @steelbridgemodels

    4 күн бұрын

    Strictly speaking, the 151 does not belong to this family, but as one of the successors of the Einheitslokomotiven shares many similarities like the similar body shape.

  • @thomasgabler3476

    @thomasgabler3476

    4 күн бұрын

    @@steelbridgemodels Not only similarities, many electric parts are identical.

  • @True_NOON
    @True_NOON4 күн бұрын

    Maybe the 143/112 (mostly bc they are nearly identical other than some gearing allowing 20 extra KMH)

  • @michaelkovacs3295
    @michaelkovacs32955 күн бұрын

    First

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