Notes

And a third! This time, a class 112 is coming from below the bridge (which is actually a series of bridges, much like the internet, except that that’s tubes) with a Regional Express train.

The 112 is about the same as the 143, except with some additional dampening components and a different gearing (as well as different headlights for some reason), which allows it to go up to 160 kph instead of just 120 with the 143. Some 143s are actually being rebuilt to 112 standard, or at least close, at the moment.

The “Stasi-Lok”, as it’s known, is kind of an oddity in German’s locomotive park. All were built in the early nineties, so they are rather new, but technically outdated without three-phase AC traction motors. The reason for this is that those locomotives were produced in the recently-collapsed GDR, and buying them was considered more an act of good will than anything else. Still, they manage to do their job just fine.