For cross-border traffic between Dresden and Děčín, Škoda in Czechoslovakia and LEW Hennigsdorf in the GDR jointly developed a multi-system locomotive. It was based on the Czechoslovakian ES499.1, was designed to operate under 15.000 V AC and 3.000 V DC and was built by Škoda. In the 1990s they were also run from Berlin to Poland. Although the ČD had converted some locomotives to 160 km/h, they were later only used for freight traffic. There they were later replaced by more modern multi-system locomotives such as the class 189 or the Vectron. 