Description

The standardization program for electric engines developed in the 1950s requested a heavy six-axle electric engine for heavy duty freight trains in order to replace the old class E 94. However, instead of replacing it, it ran alongside the older type for decades, both of them replacing steam engines as the electric network grew bigger. Almost 200 units were built and saw usage throughout Germany.

Replacements were introduced in the late 1990s, with modern engines of the TRAXX-family replacing them. The last units were retired in 2003.

In the game this engine is the top choice for the heaviest freight trains tarnsporting coal or iron ore, where it can replace the older class E 94. However, with a top speed of 100 kph this type is not the top choice in later years, as the class 155 provides a better top speed.

Images and Screenshots

The BR 150 was developed for heavy freight trains. This coal train is just exactly that.

In the mid 1970s the engines are changed to a blue-cream livery, which does not change anything about its usages.

The third livery scheme introduced in the late 1980s turns the machines red. Still they haul heavy freight trains.