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ÖBB 1018

For the progressive electrification program in the interwar period, the BBÖ decided to fall back on the E18, which had been tried and tested in Germany, and to order a further developed variant as BBÖ 1870, which was adapted to the Austrian situation. The locomotives were delivered during World War II in 1940 as the E18.2. Due to the changed gear ratio, the locomotives were less fast, but a little more powerful than their German ´sisters´. In the 1960s, the locomotives were modernized, they received 2 end disks, new headlights and a welded box.