Under the reference Roco 73824, here is the Re 4/4 169 electric locomotive, analogue 2 rails, à l'échelle HO 1/87ème.
Features:
- Modèle operating under direct current "2 rails", analog.
- Short hitch according to NEM 362 standard.
- Railway vehicle equipped with 4 motorised axles, a bonding system, a volant flywheel and a buffer capacitor.
- Locomotive equipped with an electrical interface PluX22.
- This electrically powered locomotive is equipped with a LED Switzerland lighting system.
- Fine wheel sets with low wheel flanges.
- Réplique élabée and multicoloured engine room.
- First version with a short bumper and a modified resistance grille for the first few wheels.- Laboratory-designed roof with pantographs à scissors.
- Housing without engraved coat of arms.
A little history:
After the Ae 4/4 on the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn, which went into service from 1944, had proved its worth for two decades, other older mainline machines were due to be replaced in the early 1960s.While SBB was aiming to acquire Re 4/4? BLS opted for a more modern technology with silicon rectifiers and shaft current motors. These engines, initially classified as Ae 4/4?? then Re 4/4 after technical improvements, were built by SLM and BBC and used for both passenger and freight transport on the BLS, GBS, SEZ and BN network and adjacent SBB lines.
