This com­par­i­son is a lit­tle unfair. The loco­mo­tives of the for­mer Bun­des­bahn (Fed­eral Rail­ways) were painted in a rasp­berry colour which obvi­ously didn’t age too well. The new engines are painted bright red. We don’t know what this colour will look like in 20 years’ time. But the Bundesbahn’s Hel­vetica type hasn’t aged well either. It is far too tightly spaced and any­thing but spe­cific. Using DB Type, Deutsche Bahn’s exclu­sive type­face, sig­ni­fies own­er­ship so clearly that there is no need for a logo. Red and type are enough to brand the locomotive.