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RTC ES 64 F4  

Rail Traction Company (RTC) acquired five ES64F4 series locomotives from Siemens Dispolok on 01.08.2006. Initially they all kept their original base livery in yellow and silver. Unit 004 was the first to get an operator-specific livery. It was repainted in Kassel in the red 'zebra' livery.

Siemens 20680 2003 ES 64 F4 Bo'Bo'-el 189 901 20 picture(s) available   revision data available graphics available  
Siemens 20683 2003 ES 64 F4 Bo'Bo'-el ES 64 F4-002 19 picture(s) available   revision data available graphics available  
Siemens 20669 2002 ES 64 F4 Bo'Bo'-el ES 64 F4-003 30 picture(s) available   revision data available graphics available  
Siemens 20670 2002 ES 64 F4 Bo'Bo'-el 189 904 19 picture(s) available   revision data available graphics available  
Siemens 20671 2002 ES 64 F4 Bo'Bo'-el 189 905 17 picture(s) available   revision data available graphics available  
RTC ES64F4: news  
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2013-01-04 [DE] Red zebra design for RTC ES 64 F4-001
 
update 2013|01|04
[DE] Red zebra design for RTC ES 64 F4-001
On 01.12.2012, RTC ES 64 F4-001 was seen in Kassel, ready for a repaint. Now the machine is seen in its new 'red zebra' livery of RTC / Lokomotion. It is the third base livery of this machine, that began its career in the red livery of DB Schenker. - DSO/EG
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2012-11-27 [DE] RTC ES 64 F4-005 repainted
 
update 2012|11|27
[DE] RTC ES 64 F4-005 repainted
The machines was seen today in Kassel, repainted in the red version of the Zebra-livery, used for RTC and Lokomotion locomotives. - CK

RTC and Lokomotion both own five ES 64 F4-series locomotives. All repainted units so far:
- Red/RTC: 189 904, 905 and 918
- Blue/Lokomotion: 189 907, 914 and 917

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2012-11-09 [EU] Various livery news
 
update 2012|11|09
[EU] Various livery news
News collected from the paint shops in the last couple of months:

- RTC ES 64 F4-007 has been repainted in the blue zebra-livery in Kassel.
- Captrain 185 550 now has the Captrain livery too.
- New logos for the LTE EuroRunner locomotives.
- Hector Rail ES 64 U2-017 is in Linz. Its black livery is replaced with orange and grey
- More Akiem 37000s re-appear in a neutral silver livery; 37013, 37016 and 37017.

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2012-06-22 [DE/IT] Two RAIL ONE locomotives leave Wegberg-Wildenrath
 
update 2012|06|22
[DE/IT] Two RAIL ONE locomotives leave Wegberg-Wildenrath

Only a few days before the open-door-day in Wegberg-Wildenrath, several interesting locomotives leave the German test center. ER 20-004 picked up RAIL ONE 474 101, RAIL ONE 474 103 and RTC ES 64 F4-001. The latter one got ETCS equipment in Wegberg. - WS

We have just added some images of both units, parked at Mannheim Hauptbahnhof on 21.06.2012.

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2012-01-16 [DE] Another red zebra; RTC 189 904
 
update 2012|01|16
[DE] Another red zebra; RTC 189 904
The first ES 64 F4 locomotive of RTC got a repaint. It got the red zebra-livery, becoming the standard for RTC machines. It was repainted by Bombardier in Kassel in the past weeks. - MV