Mercitalia E.494.006 (TRAXX DC3) in May 2019 in Pomezia

Manny Mannheimer

With the third generation of the TRAXX, the variants AC3 for alternating current, DC3 for direct current and MS3 for both systems are again offered. Only on the AC3 are the side walls beaded and can be covered with an advertising tarpaulin. A last-mile diesel and/or a shunting battery are available as an option, allowing short, non-electrified stretches to be bridged at low speeds. With the F160AC3 freight variant, with nose-suspended motors a top speed of 160 km/h is now also possible, and a P189AC3 passenger train variant for 189 km/h would also be technically possible. Deutsche Bahn had a framework agreement with Bombardier for up to 450 locomotives and could now order more of them even after the takeover by Alstom. It uses the passenger variant as class 147 and the freight variant as class 187.