Class 110.3 Electric Locomotive

The procurement program of the new German Federal Railroad was also supposed to include an electric locomotive for express trains. The result was the class E 10, designated later as the class 110, which came out with a chic cobalt blue paint scheme. Its maximum speed was 150 km/h / 94 mph. This tempo, however, appeared to be too low for the railroad strategists over the course of time and the sub-class 110.3 was thus created. On these units the speedometer was allowed to climb higher and displayed 160 km/h / 100 mph. Optically these locomotives beguiled many people, due to their aerodynamic ends, which soon also resulted in their nickname "Bügelfalte" or "Pants Crease". The class 110.3 once hauled famous trains such as the "Rheingold" and attracted a lot of attention here. Later these locomotives were allowed to prove themselves pulling auto passenger trains. Pulling these trains, they came via Austria up to the Slovenian border to Jensenice. They then earned their daily keep pulling regional trains from Munich to Innsbruck. Naturally, the class 110.3 units were also given the popular Orient red paint scheme with the typical "bibs". Thanks to their elegant appearance, any paint scheme worn by them over the course of their long years of use looked amazingly good on these locomotives.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 110.3. Express locomotive with aerodynamic ends, including the so-called "Pants Crease". Orient red paint scheme. Rebuilt version with rectangular Klatte ventilation grills, rectangular engine room windows, without a continuous rain gutter, without skirting, and without buffer cladding. Road number 110 371-2. The locomotive looks as it did around 1993.