electric loco BR 141 030-7 DB Digital Sound

Model: O gauge DC. Electric locomotive BR 141 030-7 of the DB, BD Nuremberg, BW Nuremberg 1, ocean blue/beige, red DB logo. Single lamps, rain gutter above the door and front windows, vertical grab handle at the front, step over buffers, vertical fan grilles (Klatte grilles), UIC socket next to the grab handle, modified handrails for doors. Driven by a high-performance motor, chassis made of metal, locomotive driver with changing direction of travel, mixed metal/plastic construction, wheel flange height less than 1.2 mm.
Original sound of the E41, you can experience the perfect soundscape of the “firecracker”. Just for the characteristic „pop“ of the locomotives when the speed level changes, 11 different samples are used, which are selected randomly by the sound control depending on the situation. As always, numerous sound settings can be configured by the model railroader, so that different background noises can be heard even when two locomotives are used.
The prototypically designed pantographs can be controlled individually in digital operation; in analogue operation, the pantograph at the rear in the direction of travel is automatically raised. The height of the pantograph can be adjusted digitally, so you can ensure that the contact piece is just below the model overhead line.

Prototype: Developed as a multi-purpose locomotive for light express, passenger and freight traffic, the E 41 could be used on main and branch lines thanks to its low axle load. A total of 451 units were built between 1956 and the last year of production in 1971. All E 41s were equipped for push-pull operation and had SIFA and Indusi. The E 41 (141) was in service until the first decade of this century, making it one of the DB’s longest-lived electric locomotives. This long service life is reflected in the different paint schemes: the first E 41s were still classified as express locomotives according to the old Reichsbahn scheme and were therefore blue. However, because the maximum speed was only 120 km/h, they were no longer classified as express locomotives shortly after entering service and were delivered in green as local transport, passenger and freight locomotives. Later, variants in ocean blue-beige, orient red and traffic red followed.