The DRG Class E94 is an electric heavy freight locomotive built for
Deutsche Reichsbahn
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from 1940, with the bulk of deliveries taking place in that year. It was a major evolution of the
DRG Class E 93. Railway aficionados still call the type "Grünes Krokodil" (Green Crocodile) because of the resemblance to the
Swiss locomotive nicknamed "Crocodile".
Production
After
World War II
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, new units were ordered and delivered as late as 1957.
Transfers to ÖBB
After the war, 44 units were placed under the authority of the
Austrian Federal Railways
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(ÖBB). In 1952, the ÖBB ordered three complementary locos. In 1954, they were classified as class 1020.
Electric locomotives of Germany
15 kV AC locomotives
E94
Co′Co′ locomotives
AEG locomotives
Brown, Boveri & Cie locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1940
Standard gauge locomotives of Germany
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Mixed traffic locomotives
Co′Co′ electric locomotives of Europe