Under the reference MiniTrix 16345, here is the Series 103.1 electric locomotive, sound digital, scale N: 1/160th and era IV, registration 103 237-4.
Characteristics of the Electric motor
- Equipped with a digital decoder Mfx / DCC.
- Has many sound and light features.
- Plastic superstructure but the rest is metal for better traction.
- Has Co'Co' wheels, and 4 motorised axles.
- With traction tyres.
- Motor with flywheel.
- Anniversary logo "150 years of German railways" attached in decal.
- Headlights and tail lights reversed according to direction of travel.
- Lighting provided by warm white light emitting diodes (LEDs).
- Digitally controllable cab and engine room lighting.
- Kinematics for close coupling.
- Attached handlebars.
- "2 rail" DC model.
A little history:
For InterCity traffic (IC 71) planned from 1971, series production of the 103 series started in 1969, but with new specifications: the towed loads of TEE and IC trains at 200 km/h were increased from 300 to 480 t and 800 t heavy express trains should still be able to run at 160 km/h.In the case of the 145 series locomotives - now known as the 103.1 series - this led to a huge 25.3% increase in power compared with the prototypes - a total of 7,440 kW or 10,116 bhp. After being delivered between 1970 and 1974, the 103.1s immediately took over from the new IC trainsets and, of course, the prestigious TEEs, some of which are now even integrated into the new IC network. Only after more than thirty years of service in the heavy
