DB Class 103

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Co′Co′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Length	19.50 m (63 ft 11+3⁄4 in); 20.20 m (66 ft 3+1⁄4 in) last 30
Loco weight	Prototype: 112 t; (110 long tons; 123 short tons); Production: 114 t; (112 long tons; 126 short tons);
Electric system/s	15 kV 16+2⁄3 Hz Catenary
Current pickup	Pantograph
Traction motors	Six
Loco brake	KE-GPR, electric brakes
Train brakes	Air
Safety systems	Sifa, LZB, PZB

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	AEG,; Brown Boveri & Cie,; Henschel,; Krauss-Maffei,; Krupp,; Siemens;
Build date	Prototype: 1965; Production: 1970–1973;
Total produced	Prototype: 4; Production: 145;

Deutsche Bundesbahn Baureihe 103
Deutsche Bundesbahn Baureihe 103
	DB class 103 in Bremen-Hemelingen on 11 July 1984
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Electric
Builder	AEG,; Brown Boveri & Cie,; Henschel,; Krauss-Maffei,; Krupp,; Siemens;
Build date	Prototype: 1965; Production: 1970–1973;
Total produced	Prototype: 4; Production: 145;
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Co′Co′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Length	19.50 m (63 ft 11+3⁄4 in); 20.20 m (66 ft 3+1⁄4 in) last 30
Loco weight	Prototype: 112 t; (110 long tons; 123 short tons); Production: 114 t; (112 long tons; 126 short tons);
Electric system/s	15 kV 16+2⁄3 Hz Catenary
Current pickup	Pantograph
Traction motors	Six
Loco brake	KE-GPR, electric brakes
Train brakes	Air
Safety systems	Sifa, LZB, PZB
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	200 km/h (124 mph); 265 km/h (165 mph) 103 118; 280 km/h (174 mph) 103 003+222
Power output	Prototype: 5,950 kW (7,980 hp); Production: 7,440 kW (9,980 hp);
Tractive effort	Prototype: 314 kN (71,000 lbf); Production: 312 kN (70,000 lbf);
Operators
Career
Operators	Deutsche Bundesbahn; Deutsche Bahn AG;
Class	Baureihe 103
Withdrawn	2017

The Baureihe 103 is a class of electric locomotives in Germany, originally operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn. For a long period, they were perceived as flagships of the DB rolling stock.