DRG Class E 18

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	1′Do1′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length:;
• Over beams	16,920 mm (55 ft 6 in)
Axle load	18.1 t (17.8 long tons; 20.0 short tons)
Service weight	108.5 t (106.8 long tons; 119.6 short tons)
Electric system/s	15 kV 16+2⁄3 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	4
Transmission	Helical spring gear
Running step switch	Camshaft controller with secondary transformer and precision regulator
Train heating	Electric
Loco brake	HikssbrmZ Compressed air brake; both sides of driving and carrying wheels
Train protection	Sifa/Indusi

Type and origin
Type and origin
Builder	AEG, Krupp, Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf
Build date	1935−1939 (61 locomotives); 1954−1955 (2 locomotives)
Total produced	63

DRG Class E 18
DB Class 118, DR Class 218
ÖBB 1018/1118
DRG Class E 18; DB Class 118, DR Class 218; ÖBB 1018/1118
	118 054 in Bw Würzburg, 1983
Builder
Type and origin
Builder	AEG, Krupp, Lokomotivfabrik Floridsdorf
Build date	1935−1939 (61 locomotives); 1954−1955 (2 locomotives)
Total produced	63
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	1′Do1′
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length:;
• Over beams	16,920 mm (55 ft 6 in)
Axle load	18.1 t (17.8 long tons; 20.0 short tons)
Service weight	108.5 t (106.8 long tons; 119.6 short tons)
Electric system/s	15 kV 16+2⁄3 Hz AC Catenary
Current pickup(s)	Pantograph
Traction motors	4
Transmission	Helical spring gear
Running step switch	Camshaft controller with secondary transformer and precision regulator
Train heating	Electric
Loco brake	HikssbrmZ Compressed air brake; both sides of driving and carrying wheels
Train protection	Sifa/Indusi
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	150 km/h (93 mph)
Power output:;
• 1 hour	3,040 kW (4,080 hp)
• Continuous	2,840 kW (3,810 hp)
Power index	28.0 kW/t
Tractive effort:;
• Starting	206 kN (46,000 lbf)
Numbers
Career
Numbers	DRG E 18 01–44, E 18 045-053, E 18 201-208; DB E 18 054–055
Retired	1984 (DB)/1991 (DR)

The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG) Class E 18 is a class of electric locomotives built in Germany and Austria between 1935 and 1955. With exception of Class E 19 it was Deutsche Reichsbahn's fastest electric locomotive. After 1945 most of the surviving locomotives were operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), although a few passed to Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) and Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB).

In addition to the 55 locomotives built in Germany, a further 8 locomotives of a modified design were built in Austria in 1939 as Class E 18.2 (later ÖBB class 1018).