The DRG Class E16 were German electric locomotives in service with the Bavarian Group Administration of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, and were conceived as motive power for express trains. They were initially designated as the Bavarian Class ES1, before being incorporated into the DRG numbering plan as E16.
History
The first series (E1601 to E1610) was delivered in 1926, the second (E1611 to E1617) in 1927. The third, re-worked series (E1618 to E1621) was transferred to the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1932 and 1933.
Numbers E1611 and E1613 were lost in the Second World War, E 1612 was retired in 1967 after an accident. With the introduction of the DB classification system on 1 January 1968, the remaining 18 Class E16 engines were regrouped into Class 116. Between 1973 and 1980 the engines were gradually withdrawn from service. On 31 January 1980, the last Class 116 locomotive, number 116009, was finally retired.
Design
One technical feature is the Buchli drive, in which the motors drive the driving wheels on one side only via outside gears; the other side is not driven. As a result, an E16 has an asymmetric appearance. On one side you can see the Buchli drive, on the other just the bare spoked wheels. The E16 is the only German locomotive class with Buchli drives.
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