189 039-1 and 189 033-4 enter the freight yard Gremberg in Cologne southbound on 22 May 2010, running without a train. Both locos are equipped with automatic couplers. Heavy ore train duties between Rotterdam and Dillingen, which are until now operated by diesel locos in the Netherlands and by class 151 in Germany, shall be inherited by such class 189 locos on the whole distance.
Digital photo by Christoph Schmitz (christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de)