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unusual facts about DB Class 151


DB Class 151

Altogether 170 locomotives were ordered, which were based at first in Hagen and Nuremberg.


C-AKv coupler

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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