Future Baureihe 248 of the DB Cargo AG
Background info:
DB Cargo has signed a framework agreement with Siemens Mobility for the delivery of up to 400 hybrid locomotives in September 2020. First of all, the DB Cargo ordered 100 locomotives of the Baureihe 248.
The hybrid locomotives are vehicles for the mainline and shunting fleet of DB Cargo that can run on either electricity or diesel. According to a statement from the rail division, the investment volume of the framework agreement amounts to over one billion euros.
Siemens Mobility is to deliver Vectron Dual Mode locomotives "with specific adaptations for the range of uses planned by DB Cargo". The handover of the exemplars from the binding order for 100 locomotives is to take place in 2023.