DRG Class E 93
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The DRG Class E93 is an electric heavy freight locomotive built by AEG
for Deutsche Reichsbahn's
in 1933. Its development was triggered by the electrification of the Geislinger Steige
, a steep grade of the mainline railroad between Stuttgart and Ulm, which had been electrified in 1933 and required powerful new freight locomotives to overcome it with heavy freight trains. The 18 ordered units were delivered between 1933 and 1937.
AEG
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft was a German producer of electrical equipment founded in 1883 by Emil Rathenau....
for Deutsche Reichsbahn's
Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft
The Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....
in 1933. Its development was triggered by the electrification of the Geislinger Steige
Geislinger Steige
The Geislinger Steige is an old trade route over the low mountain range of the Swabian Jura in southern Germany. It links Geislingen an der Steige with Amstetten and is one of the most famous ascents in the Jura...
, a steep grade of the mainline railroad between Stuttgart and Ulm, which had been electrified in 1933 and required powerful new freight locomotives to overcome it with heavy freight trains. The 18 ordered units were delivered between 1933 and 1937.