Seen during its final years of service having entered traffic back in the 1940s. Originally built as class E94 for DRG upon the splitting of Germany the fleet was divided up amongst DB in the West as Class 194 and DR in the East as Class 254. Some of the fleet based in Austria became ÖBB Class 1020. Seen here at Donauwörth station on 13 April 1988 in a rather poor condition is 194.124. Several examples have survived in preservation since withdrawal.