Class E10.3 Electric Locomotive

The "Pants Crease" or quite prosaically the E10.3: There is hardly a German locomotive type that left its mark on the heyday of the German Federal Railroad starting in the Sixties like the elegant and streamlined units of the class E10.3. Its impressive success story began in the Fifties when the new German Federal Railroad promoted electrification and ordered a powerful and swift electric locomotive type in large numbers in the form of the E10. The first production runs (E10.0 and E10.1) still had a common, squared off locomotive body. In 1962 the first units appeared with aerodynamic ends. The striking design with the "Crease" in the middle soon gave this variation designated as the E10.3 the name "Bügelfalte" or "Pants Crease". For decades, the E10 was the work horse in high quality passenger service on the DB, and the "Crease" was certainly one of the stars on the German rails. Starting in 1990 the E10 wandered over to regional service and performed its services there reliably. The last "Pants Creases" did not wander into retirement until 2013 with many millions of kilometers under its belt.

Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class E10.3 electric locomotive. Locomotive body includes aerodynamic ends, the so-called Pants Crease with continuous ventilation band, continuous rain gutter, and grab irons on the ends. Buffer cladding and skirting included. Steel blue locomotive body with stone gray frame. Road number E10 384. The locomotive looks as it did around 1967.