The brand Roco proposes the Locomotive électric, analog, à l'échelle HO 1/87ème d'immatriculation 480 018-5 under référence 73338, which has the following characteristics:
- DC operated "2 rail", analogue model.
- Finely detailed model with a large number of separately mounted plug-in parts.
- This is a version with rail clearers on the châssis.
- Hitch with short hitch to NEM 362 standard.
- Railway machine fitted with 1 grip tyre, 4 motorised axles and a 5 Pôles engine.
- Locomotive equipped with a PluX22 digital interface, for future digitalisation.
- Motrice equipped with a white/red LED lantern (3 front lights and 2 rear lights) that can be adjusted according to the direction of travel. The rear lights are switched using DIP switches.
A little history:
Until the beginning of 2017, the machines were used almost exclusively in Hungarian domestic traffic and ahead of EC/EN Budapest-Bucharest trains.Since then, the 480 series has also been used in Austria to free up 470 series locomotives for push-pull trains purchased by ÖBB.
