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And a third! This time, a class 112 is coming from below the bridge (which is actually a series of bridges, much like the internet, except that that's tubes) with a Regional Express train.

The 112 is about the same as the 143, except with some additional dampening components and a different gearing (as well as different headlights for some reason), which allows it to go up to 160 kph instead of just 120 with the 143. Some 143s are actually being rebuilt to 112 standard, or at least close, at the moment.

The "Stasi-Lok", as it's known, is kind of an oddity in German's locomotive park. All were built in the early nineties, so they are rather new, but technically outdated without three-phase AC traction motors. The reason for this is that those locomotives were produced in the recently-collapsed GDR, and buying them was considered more an act of good will than anything else. Still, they manage to do their job just fine.
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~Cows-and-anime Jul 23, 2008
I got friends in low places
Where thew whiskey drowns and the beer chases
My blues away
Yea I'll be okay

>w< Nice title.

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~ZCochrane Jul 23, 2008  Student Photographer
Gotta love Garth!

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~Cows-and-anime Jul 24, 2008
Yup! He's pretty good! It's a shame he retired right before I really started getting into country.

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~ZCochrane Jul 24, 2008  Student Photographer
I agree. Well, he has been releasing the odd new single and giving the odd concert over the last few years, maybe he'll make a full come back some time.

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~Cows-and-anime Jul 24, 2008
Ooh, that'd be awesome! I didn't know he's been having concerts.

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~ZCochrane Jul 25, 2008  Student Photographer
Just for special occasions. Still, it shows that he hasn't given up his music for good.

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~Cows-and-anime Jul 25, 2008
Yep. That's good. I like More than a Memory. Very good song.

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~ZCochrane Jul 25, 2008  Student Photographer
Indeed.

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~HerrDrayer Jul 20, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer
In the passenger train world, AC traction is not much of an improvement since the power to weight ratio is so high, it's nearly impossible to burn out a DC traction motor in passenger service. AC really comes into its own when dragging heavy bulk freights at the upper limits of the traction motors' power rating. So long as the brushes get replaced on a regular schedule, these DC locomotives will hold their own against AC 8 days a week.
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~ZCochrane Jul 20, 2008  Student Photographer
AC still gives lower-weight traction motors, which means you have to pay less attention to the construction of high-speed trucks. Bombardier recently built a batch of locomotives for speeds up to 160 kph with nose-suspension drive, that would not have been possible without very light motors.

Besides, the DB didn't actually want 160 kph fast locomotives at the time, they would have preffered 200 kph locomotives, but ones that would also be useful for hauling freight trains (such as the original idea of the class 120), and that would have been made much easier with AC traction. These days, all newly-built electrics and diesels in Germany are (when they use electric transmission, anyway) using AC.

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