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ROCO 71224 Electric Locomotive BR 180 DB Ep VI Sound OVP

krefelder-lokschuppen (20144)

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Price:

£298.56

+ £17.31 postage

Estimated delivery Fri, 9 May - Fri, 16 May

Returns:

30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.

Condition:

New

In the 1980s, the DR procured electric dual-system locomotives to simplify the ever-growing traffic and operational processes in cross-border traffic between the GDR and Czechoslovakia. Due to the lack of experience in the field of two-system technology (GDR: AC voltage 15 kV/16⅔ Hz, ČSSR: DC voltage 3 kV) and the full capacity utilization at the electric locomotive manufacturer LEW in Hennigsdorf, the machines were based on the ČSD series ES 499.1 . However, the Škoda locomotive factory NOCH not yet built a machine for the 15 kV/16⅔ Hz AC system, which is why the parts for the AC unit were supplied from the GDR. The requirements of the ČSD resulted in a double order for Škoda with 15 locomotives BR 372 and 20 locomotives BR 230 for the DR. At DB AG, the machines, with an hourly output of.