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DR Class 252
DB Class 156
MEG 801–804
A MEG 156, number 803
Type and origin
BuilderLEW / AEG
Build date1991
Total produced4
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICCo’Co’
Gauge1,435 millimetres (56.5 in)
Minimum curve140 metres (460 ft)
Wheelbase:
 • Overall14,660 millimetres (577 in)
Pivot pitch11,290 millimetres (444 in)
Length:
 • Over beams19,500 millimetres (770 in)
Width3,100 millimetres (120 in)
Height4,650 millimetres (183 in) (Lowered pantograph)
Axle load20.0 tonnes (19.7 long tons; 22.0 short tons)
Service weight120.0 tonnes (118.1 long tons; 132.3 short tons)
Electric system/s15 kV 16.7Hz AC, Overhead wire
Traction motors6
Train protectionSifa, PZ80, PZB90
Performance figures
Maximum speed125 kilometres per hour (78 mph)
Power output:
 • 1 hour5,880 kilowatts (7,890 hp)
 • Continuous5,580 kilowatts (7,480 hp)
Power index49.0 kilowatts per tonne (66.6 PS/t)
Tractive effort:
 • Starting361 kilonewtons (81,000 lbf)

The DR Class 252, later renumbered to DB class 156, were a class of East German electric freight locomotives.

The locomotives were the last locomotives developed by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, the state railways of East Germany. Intended to be used on heavy freight work, due to german reunification and the merger of the Reichsbahn and the Bundesbahn, these locomotives were rendered redundant, with only the four prototypes being produced.

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