“Original Taurus” 1016 046 paired with 1116 146 approaching St Jodok am Brenner with an Italy bound working formed of 4 wheel cargowaggons.
Being part of the first batch of Taurus ordered by ÖBB, they are restricted to countries which have a 15kV power supply. Only a relatively small number exist in the ÖBB fleet with just 50 locos produced before the design was altered to feature 25kV operation.
Tags: 1016 1016046 Taurus OBB Sankt Jodok Brenner Brennerbahn 1116 1216 Siemens Austria
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Second generation Taurus 1116 260 passes Steinach am Brenner with a German bound intermodal.
The second (1116) generation Taurus features 15kV and 25 kV electrical systems which widens their sphere of operation and these, being the most useful locos for ÖBB, number 282 examples!
Although the fleet numbers 282, there have actually been 283 built as one was written off in an accident. The production line was still open at the time so an additional loco was built and took the number of the withdrawn one.
From what we could see from the short visit, they are a common user fleet operating both passenger and freight trains.
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MRCE Vectron 193 879 (or X4E-879 if you prefer) passes Greis am Brenner with the RoRo service to Worgl.
Operated by OBB, this working is soon to be taken over by their own Vectron fleet which, at the time of writing, is being introduced to traffic. Indeed, a few days later, the first RoRo train powered by OBB Vectrons ran from Italy to Austria.
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193 866/X4E 866 with 193 878/X4E 878 on the rear
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EC 85 09:34 München Hbf-Bologna Centrale 16:19
A third generation Taurus features 15 kV, 25 kV AC plus 1.5kV and 3kV DC operation and the fleet numbers 50 locos. This generation is distinguishable from earlier examples by the presence of cab doors - moved from a central bodyside position - and a smoother front end with fewer individual panels evident.
The E190 number is the Italian classification for Taurus locos - some run with it, others do not so it does not seem to be a requirement to run in Italy.
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