Reihe ES 64 F4 | Gauge Minitrix - Article No. 12558

Electric Locomotive.

Prototype: Siemens Dispolok GmbH class ES 64 F4, B-B wheel arrangement, built starting in 2002. Current version with stars on the sides.

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Electric Locomotive.
Electric Locomotive.

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Article No. 12558
Gauge / Design type Minitrix /
Era V
Kind Electric Locomotives
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  • Product description

    Model: Era V, the locomotive has a digital connector, a can motor with 2 flywheels, 4 axles powered, and working outer pantographs. The locomotive has a close coupler mechanism.
    Length over the buffers 122 mm / 4-13/16".

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  • Publications

    - Main Catalog 2006 - New Items 2006 - Main Catalog 2007/2008 - Main Catalog 2008/2009
  • Prototype information

    A System with No Borders The ES 64 developed by Siemens Transportation System (TS) in Munich for four power systems (Eurosprinter with 6.4 megawatts / 8,582 horsepower of continuous power) was planned, actually already in use, for heavy service all over Europe. It can run on the alternating current systems (15 kilovolts / 16.7 Hertz) in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway, (25 kilovolts / 16.7 Hertz) in Denmark, Luxembourg, Northern France, and Hungary. Its area of use on direct current systems (3 kilovolts) stretches from Belgium, Italy, and Poland (1.5 kilovolts) to the Netherlands and Southern France. It can also be used on the so-called mixed systems in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. DB Cargo ordered 100 units as the class 189 (delivery time 2003 to 2005); many other state and private railroads are also buying into this ingenious concept. This locomotive comes with 2 trucks (B-B wheel arrangement), has a total weight of 87 metric tons, a length over the buffers of 19,580 millimeters / 64 feet 2-3/4 inches) and reaches a maximum speed of 140 km/h / 88 mph. This locomotive borrows its looks from the modern DB electric locomotives with their striking end shape. The fluted walls on the locomotive serve to reduce weight and also give the locomotive a striking appearance on the sides. In addition to the four required type SBS 2T pantographs, the roof also has the AC main relay, the current system selection relay, and the lightening arrester. These components had to be mounted externally to allow enough space in the engine room for the direct current components and for train safety systems, which varies from country to country.

Warning

ATTENTION: not for children under 3 years