Class 115 electric locomotive

Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. (DB AG) electric locomotive 115 205-7 (class E10.1). Wheel arrangement Bo´Bo´. Year of construction from 1956. Use: Long-distance transport.
Model: Housing and bracket made of die-cast zinc. Digital interface. Motor with flywheel, 4 axles powered, traction tires. Headlights and taillights that change with the direction of travel, with warm white light-emitting diodes, driver's cab lighting, can be controlled digitally. Kinematics for close coupling. Attached handle bars. Length over the buffers 103 mm.

One-time series.

Information about the prototype:
The standard type program for electric locomotives established by the DB in 1954 provided for the E 10 series for use in express and express train services. The 150 km / h series machines should be able to carry express trains weighing 500 t on a 5 ‰ gradient at 140 km / h. In October 1954, the DB ordered the first of the class E 10.1 machines, Krauss-Maffei (mechanical part) and SSW (electrical part) were responsible for the design, and Henschel, Krupp, AEG and BBC were also involved in the construction. On December 4, 1956, the DB received the first series-production machine with the E 10 101, followed by another 286 machines by 1963 (E 10 101-264; E 10 271-287). From October 1962, the DB put the E 10 1265-1270 locomotives, which can reach 160 km / h, thanks to a gearbox change, into service to transport the “Rheingold” parade train. The aerodynamic box with the characteristic "crease" on the front sides, which was used for the first time in these vehicles, was given to all series E 10s from 1963 onwards. The machines were mainly used for car trains and for transferring wagons from DB Fernverkehr or DB Regio between deployment points (PbZ). Most of the BR 115 are no longer in service.