Germany: Dispolok Siemens ER20 Eurorunner at Buchloe on an Alex Munchen HBF to Oberstdorf service. Locomotive number is ER 20-013 working the 1521 service from Munchen HBF to Oberstdorf. Clip recorded 16th July 2007.

Siemens Dispolok Ltd. (abbreviation: Dispolok) was a locomotive leasing company wholly owned by Siemens Transportation Systems offering locomotives for hire to European rail operators. On the 21st of September 2006 it was bought by Mitsui Rail Capital Europe BV (MRCE) a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. Ltd. On 24 January 2008 the organisation was renamed MRCE Dispolok Ltd.
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The Eurorunner family of locomotives are a series of medium to high power diesel-electric locomotives built by Siemens for the European market. Introduced from 2002 onwards, they share design characteristics with the successful Eurosprinter range of electric locomotives, also built by Siemens.

The main initial order for these locomotives was for 100 of the four axle ER20 for the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and designated ÖBB type 2016, and commonly called Hercules, further smaller orders from smaller railway companies have also been fulfilled. A higher power version ER30 was also offered.
Production of the Eurorunner ceased by 2012, replaced by Siemens Vectron diesel engined versions.
The locomotive is designed to be made of as few parts as possible, and is of modular construction, with separate components (engine, electronics etc.) kept in separately fabricated units and are designed to be easily replaceable.

Marketing by Siemens has heavily emphasised the locomotive's energy saving characteristics, as well as the technology used to reduce particulate emissions.

The locomotives have a supercharged 16-cylinder diesel engine of the MTU 4000 series developing 2,000 kW of power which drive a three-phase brushless alternator. At idle 8 of the 16 cylinders can be turned off reducing fuel consumption and emissions.
The three phase electrical supply is rectified to DC to supply a pulse width modulator, which in turn generates a three phase electrical supply to the traction motors (which are of the induction type) - the four traction motors are connected in parallel.
The locomotives are equipped for Push-Pull operation (with Driving van trailer for instance) and for multiple unit operation (see Multiple-unit train control.)
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ALEX - In 2003, the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft (which subsidised regional services in Bavaria) awarded the franchise to Regentalbahn (operating as Die Länderbahn, that is "the State Railway") for operating the Allgau Express (ALEX) on the Munich -- Kempten -- Lindau route every two hours. This service is operated jointly with Swiss Federal Railways. In the autumn of 2004, Regentalbahn was taken over by the British transport company Arriva and the name ALEX was given the new meaning of Arriva-Landerbahn-Express. In 2005, Regentalbahn also gained the franchise for operating a regional express service with a 2-hour frequency from Munich through Regensburg to Schwandorf, also branded as ALEX. There the trains alternate on a four hour frequency to Hof or Furth im Wald. Since the takeover by Ferrovie dello Stato in 2010, this service is called simply alex.

The Vogtlandbahn bought 90 used carriages for this service and had them modernised by the Ausbesserungswerk at Weiden. They were hauled by eleven new diesel locomotives of the EuroRunner class of Siemens Transportation Systems, that were leased from Angel Trains.
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Buchloe is a community raised to city status in 1954, lying in Ostallgäu district in Bavaria. Together with the neighbouring communities of Jengen, Lamerdingen and Waal, Buchloe belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("administrative community") of Buchloe.

Buchloe station is an important railway hub for the Munich--Kempten-- Lindau line on the Allgäu line (KBS 970) and for the Augsburg--Buchloe and the Buchloe--Memmingen lines with their IC services and direct services into Switzerland by EC.
In 1971 and 1972, the communities of Lindenberg and Honsolgen mit Hausen were amalgamated into Buchloe.
South of Buchloe is the Buchloe people's observatory, at which there are regular observations of the heavens.

A well known business in the town is the car manufacturing company Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH und Co. Another is the Huber Karwendel Works, which makes the well known Exquisa cream cheese. Furthermore, the Moksel Group has its headquarters in Buchloe.
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