DBAG Class 145 and 146

[1]others - see textSwitzerland:MThB Re486 651 to Re486 656 (up to 2002)[2]SBB Cargo Re481 001 to Re481 006 (up to 2005)[3][note 1] Passenger versions: Germany: The DBAG Class 145 and DBAG Class 146 are Bo′Bo′ mainline electric locomotives built by Adtranz primarily for the Deutsche Bahn at the end of the 1990s.

Additional freight machines were built for the former Swiss railway Mittelthurgaubahn as well as for various private operators and leasing companies.

The prototype resulted in an order from DB AG for eighty locomotives for medium-weight freight trains.

[1] A further six units were built for the Swiss private railway the Mittelthurgaubahn in 2000 where they were designated Re 486;[2] after the company's bankruptcy in 2002 the locomotives were sold to SBB Cargo, working as Re 481.

[7] Between 2000 and 2001, a development for passenger trains with hollow shaft final drive replacing the axle hung drive and a higher top speed of 160 km/h (99 mph) was produced for DB Regio.

A DB Class 146 loco
DB 146 247 departing Munich Hauptbahnhof with a Regional Express train