DRG Class E 19

The DRG Class E 19, called Class 119 from 1968, was a class of four electric locomotives for the Deutsche Reichsbahn that were designed for travel speeds of up to 225 kilometres per hour, though in regular service they were restricted to 180. In 1937 the railway proposed such locomotives for the Berlin to Halle to Munich route and placed orders with AEG and with Siemens and Henschel for two locomotives each, partly to compare the two biggest German electrical companies. Both types were developed from the successful Class E 18. The two AEG locomotives, E 19 01 and 02, were a modernised E 18 with welded instead of riveted enclosure panels and a regulator with only 20 speed steps, while the Siemens and Henschel pair had a dynamic brake. E 19 01 entered service in 1938, the planned high-speed tests never took place, and the last locomotive was retired in 1978.