Railway Traction Vehicle With Roof Joint Element

A railway traction vehicle or locomotive for pulling at least one coupleable railway car having a car body with a car roof defining a car height, the railway traction vehicle or locomotive comprising:

• a vehicle body having a rear-side end region and having a vehicle roof defining a vehicle height, said vehicle height being lower than the car height;
• a set of a plurality of roof transition elements assigned to different railway cars;
• a roof transition element being selectable from said set of roof transition elements, said roof transition element being disposed on said rear-side end region, said roof transition element having a front edge following a contour line of said vehicle roof, a rear edge following a contour line of the car roof, and a cross-sectional profile expanding from said front edge to said rear edge;
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• said roof transition element being removably fastened to said vehicle roof.