Lurking in the shadows whilst passing through Fulda on 23 September 2025 is this block train with 187 176 at the reins

The 187 198-7 (91 80 6187 198-7 D-DB) of DB Cargo AG is running on July 16, 2026, with an empty open coil wagons (type Sahmms 711), through Kirchen (Sieg) towards Cologne. Once again, a kind greeting back to the friendly locomotive driver. The Bombardier TRAXX F140 AC3 was built in 2021 by Bombardier Transportation GmbH in Kassel under factory number 35745. The TRAXX F140 AC3 variants of DB Cargo AG (BR 187.1) do not have a last-mile device. The powerful locomotive (5,600 kW) has a top speed of 140 km/h. The locomotive is only authorized for Germany. The locomotives can be used in mixed multiple traction with BR185 and BR186. 
Armin Schwarz

Germany / Tracks / KBS 460 (Siegstrecke), Germany / Electric locomotives / 187

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The 187 198-7 (91 80 6187 198-7 D-DB) of DB Cargo AG is running on July 16, 2026, with an empty open coil wagons (type Sahmms 711), through Kirchen (Sieg) towards Cologne. Once again, a kind greeting back to the friendly locomotive driver. The Bombardier TRAXX F140 AC3 was built in 2021 by Bombardier Transportation GmbH in Kassel under factory number 35745. The TRAXX F140 AC3 variants of DB Cargo AG (BR 187.1) do not have a last-mile device. The powerful locomotive (5,600 kW) has a top speed of 140 km/h. The locomotive is only authorized for Germany. The locomotives can be used in mixed multiple traction with BR185 and BR186. 
Armin Schwarz

Germany / Tracks / KBS 460 (Siegstrecke), Germany / Electric locomotives / 187

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