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Bombardier electric locomotive 128 001, Weimar Bombardier electric prototype locomotive 12X 128 001 exhibited at the 20th festival of the former railway depot Weimar. This experimental high-performance electric locomotive built in 1994 was operated as testbed and test locomotive until 2010. Photo taken Sunday 31 May 2015. Photo: Steffen Mokosch (Steffen.Mokosch@web.de)

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ADtranz 12X (128001) during tests in Switzerland atDärligen, 05-10-1999 Photo taken by Hugo Müller uploaded by marc.eschenbacher@span.ch

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Prototype locomotives ADtranz 12X (electric - DB AG class 128) and MaK DE1024 (diesel-electric - DB AG class 240). Bw Dresden-Altstadt, May 1996. Photo by Tobias B. Köhler (unci@tigerden.com)

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ADtranz experimental locomotive 12X (128 001-5) at Innotrans 1998, Berlin. The locomotive is equipped with IGBT inverters, which are planned to be introduced in the second series of the multi-system locomotives class 185. In the background you see the prototype diesel locomotive "Blue Tiger". Photo: tobias b köhler

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10 September 1996, station: Karlsruhe Hbf, Germany Adtranz (ex AEG) experimental prototype locomotive "12X" (number 128 001-5 in the DB AG's number system) in special "UNICEF" livery, heading train EC 103 "Rätia" (Hannover - Köln/Cologne - Basel SBB - Chur) on this day instead of the usual 103 10. September 1996, Bf. Karlsruhe Hbf, Deutschland Prototyp- und Versuchslok "12X" von Adtranz (ex AEG), alias 128 001-5 nach dem Nummernschema der DB AG, mit "UNICEF"-Sonderlackierung. An diesem Tag befördert sie ausnahmsweise den EC 103 "Rätia" (Hannover - Köln - Basel SBB - Chur) anstelle der üblichen 103 Photo by Sven Manias (sven.manias@gmx.de) Scan by Ullrich Rieger

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10 September 1996, station: Karlsruhe Hbf, Germany Adtranz prototype locomotive "12X" (128 001-5), in special "UNICEF" livery, with train EC 103 "Rätia" (Hannover - Köln/Cologne - Chur). The first car behind the locomotive is an Interregio car of type Bimz. 10. September 1996, Bf. Karlsruhe Hbf, Deutschland Adtranz-Prototyplok (128 001-5) in "UNICEF"-Sonderlackierung vor EC 103 "Rätia" (Hannover - Köln - Chur). Direkt hinter der Lok läuft ein Interregio-Wagen der Gattung Bimz. Photo by Sven Manias (sven.manias@gmx.de) Scan by Ullrich Rieger

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Schließlich gab es auch noch diese etwas traurig abgebügelte Trieblok des Märklin-Sonderzuges zu bewundern. Photo: Dirk Hillbrecht (dh@leyster.informatik.uni-hannover.de)

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DB ICE and ADtranz (AEG) 12X near Rethen/lLeine SFS=Schnellfahrstrecke Juni 1997. Photo and scan by Christian Fricke <christian.fricke@privat.kkf.net>

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Prototype locomotives MaK DE1024 (diesel-electric) and ADtranz 12X (electric). Both are owned by the manufacturers and were not ordered by any railway (but the NSB Di6 was derived from the DE1024 and the DB AG 145 partly from the 12X). Bw Dresden-Altstadt, May 1996. Photo by Tobias B. Köhler (unci@tigerden.com)

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Bombardier 128 001 Bombardier-owned 128 001 and DB AG 185 083 during test runs in Frenkendorf (Switzerland) [20.02.2003]. Digital photo: Reinhard Reiss (reinhard@reissweb.de) Homepage: www.reissweb.net

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FS 412 004 FS 412 004 and Bombardier 128 001 between Sissach and Läufelfingen (Old Hauenstein Line, 05.07.20012) Digital photo: Reinhard Reiss (reinhard@reissweb.de) Homepage: www.reissweb.net