Beginning in late 2009, eighteen DBAG Class 189 electric locomotives owned by DB Schenker were converted to C-AKv couplers, in order to handle 6,000 tonne iron ore trains from Rotterdam to the steel works at Dillingen in the Saarland, replacing the previous German class 151 double units and Dutch class 6400 triple units commonly used on these workings previously.
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At this time, the German railways, Faiveley and the Technical University of Berlin are developing possible transition scenarios for a general introduction of the C-AKv coupler.
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It is used on heavy coal block trains between the opencast mines at Profen and the Schkopau power plant.