The Deutsche Reichsbahn Class 250 is a German electric locomotive used on freight trains. It is nicknamed the "Electric Container" or "Powercontainer" due to its distinctive carbody shape. It was the
155 043-3 hauling a freight train through Leinefelde/Thuringia.
Driver's desk of class 155
250 164-1 staying at Leipzig Trade Fair, 1982
155 006–0 at Senftenberg, 1994
An electric locomotive is a type of locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor. Locomotives with on-board fuel
Škoda ChS4-109 with a Moscow–Odesa train in Vinnytsia railway station
The Siemens ES64U4 is the current confirmed holder as the fastest electric locomotive at 357 km/h (222 mph) in 2006.
Two FS Class E.464 locomotives at Formia-Gaeta station
1879 Siemens & Halske experimental train