Fleischmann 7570051 N E- Loc 140 047-2 of the DB
The BZA Munich, Kraus-Maffei and SSW developed the BR E 40 for the transport of heavy goods trains on main railways in the lowlands, which in technical design largely corresponded to the E 10.1. Only the transmission ratio has been changed and no electric brake has been installed as standard. More than 800 units of the 110 km/h fast machines were put into service in 1957. Their output was 3,260 kW. In 1968, it was renamed BR 140. For a long time, it carried the main load of freight train traffic on electrified routes, but it was also used before passenger trains. At the end of 2016, it was put out of service after almost 60 years of use at DB.This text is machine translated.