Electric locomotive LAG 1 "Katharina" built 1905 by Katharinenh&uuml;tte Rohrbach with electric equipment of Siemens-Schuckert works. The first one-phase AC electric locomotive in Germany, built for the newly electrified Ammergaubahn Murnau - Oberammergau (originally 5.5 kV 16 Hz). In 1938 it was rebuilt and renumbered to E69 01. When the line was converted to the standard system 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz in 1954 the locomotive was taken out of service, in 49 years it had covered 1.5 million kilometers on this one line. It was exhibited at the DB repair works of M&uuml;nchen-Freimann, then in the Deutsches Museum M&uuml;nchen, since 2006 in the Lokwelt Freilassing. Length 7.5 m, mass 23.5 t, power 206 kW, speed 50 km/h.<p>
<a href="mailto:tbk.uncia@gmail.com">tobias b k&ouml;hler</a>