DB BR103 002-2 Electric Locomotive IV (DCC-Sound)

DB BR103 002-2 Electric Locomotive IV (DCC-Sound)

1:120 scale model produced by Roco. This model is ready-to-run straight out of the box and would make a excellent addition to any model railway collection.

• DCC Sound Model
• Best suited to Epoch IV Model Railways
• This model mainly operates in Germany
• This model is decorated in DB company markings
• This model is best suited to 286mm radius curves
• For the first time with Next18 interface
• Pre-series version with pantographs
• Operating condition: until 1976
• Z21 driver's cab available
• NEM Couplings
• 5-Pole Motor
• Next18 DCC Interface
• Directional Lighting
• Flywheel Fitted
• 162mm In Length

Details

At the International Transport Exhibition in Munich in 1965, the German Federal Railway (DB) showcased trains operating at speeds of up to 200 km/h for the first time. This milestone was achieved using four Class E 03 locomotives, which were subsequently employed for both high-speed test runs and to haul particularly fast TEE and F trains.

With the delivery of the Class 103.1 series, the pre-series E 03 locomotives were gradually reassigned to test operations. From the summer of 1974, all pre-series 103s were based at the Hamburg-Eidelstedt depot, supporting express services to destinations including Nuremberg, Munich, Lüneburg, Hanover, Hildesheim, and Bremen. Although long-distance regular services were gradually discontinued, the locomotives occasionally hauled unscheduled express trains.

By the autumn of 1979, the Class 103.0 locomotives were retired from regular service and permanently transferred to the Deutsche Bundesbahn's test service, cementing their role as pioneering high-speed locomotives in German railway history.