ROCO 70465 Electric locomotive E 412 013, Mercitalia Rail
Update!
■ For the first time with PluX22 interface, LED lighting and available as sound model
■ Both pantograph variations in delicately crafted design
■ Finely detailed model with many separately attached plug-in parts
■ With switchable headlight or tail light in digital mode
The Italian State Railways commissioned 20 dual-system locomotives to be built by ABB technomasio for operation in cross-border and cross-system transport between Italy and Austria or Germany. These high-performance locomotives can achieve a speed of 220 km/h and are able to produce an output of 6 MW or 5.5 MW under 3 kV DC current or 15 kV 16 2/3 Hz under AC current.
The engines, which were put into service in 1997, still play a worthy role in railway operations in Italy and now mainly bear the modern livery of Mercitalia Rail
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ROCO 6200063 3-piece set: Rack-and-pinion railway passenger train, Sonnblick-Bahn
Wagon set with two passenger coaches and a baggage car of the Sonnblick-Bahn.
■ FLEISCHMANN PROFI plug-in coupling for rack-and-pinion railway operation for replacement is included
With their unique combination of mountain landscape and bold routing featuring numerous bridges and tunnels, rack-and-pinion railways are particularly fascinating.The movement of the train is achieved through the engagement of a toothed wheel in a toothed rack positioned in the centre of the track, as the usual friction generated between wheels and rails is insufficient for the steep inclines.In rack-and-pinion railway of the so-called mixed system, where friction sections alternate with toothed rack sections depending on the gradient ratios, the tractive force is exerted by one and the same machine. A particularly large number of private rack-and-pinion railways are found in the Alps, and these attract tourists from all over the world.