218 219-4 at SSM Hamm Rbf Lower Yard 2013 06 01

218 219-4: Built at the Krauss-Maffei München-Allach plant (Work No. 19586/ 1972) and delivered to DB service on 31/07/1972.

 

A Karlsruhe lok from 1996 until the last few months of its working life, it was last overhauled in 2000 (REV IS703 23/07/2000, 2nd. Verl 23/07/2008).

 

Halfway through its 2nd Verl. it was moved to Regensburg for 7 months (09/12/2007 to 10/07/2008).

 

Then just days before it was stored Z for scrap on 26/07/2008, it was allocated to Kempten, probably as a spares donor (“Ersatzteilspender”).

 

It was storaed at SSM Hamm in 2009, before a later move to AW Bremen when bought on 15/01/2016 by HEROS - Helvetic Rolling Stock GmbH, Zürich.

 

Not selected for overhaul, it supplied parts for the HEROS loks that Bremen were overhauling.

 

The next instalment was a move to SSM Leipzig-Engelsdorf before purchase in 2020 by RPRS - Railsystems RP GmbH, Gotha.

 

It was then moved up the line to Gotha to continue its role as Ersatzteilspender.

 

Done