electric loco Rh 1100 NS AC Digital

Model: HO gauge AC. The PIKO Expert model of the 1100 series of the Dutch State Railways NS convinces a successful mold construction with harmonious roof curves and many attached parts, such as fine insulators and pantographs, free-standing handle bars and stairs. The model has the matching lamp shapes, sharply engraved bogie trims with realistic spring package replicas and faithful replicas of the buffer planks. The lighting is done by LEDs. The cab and engine room lights as well as the front and rear lights that function depending on the direction of travel can be controlled digitally with a PluX22 decoder. The heavy die-cast zinc frame and the motor with two large, precisely balanced flywheels ensure excellent driving characteristics and high tractive forces. The model has a tidy board with a PluX22 interface and is prepared for easy retrofitting with a sound decoder and large loudspeaker.  

Prototype:
After World War II there was a high demand for new electric locomotives at the Austrian Federal Railways in order to replace older steam locomotives in a timely manner. This led u.a. for the development of the new locomotive Rh 1041. Between 1951 and 1953 25 units of the up to 90 km / h fast (but only for 80 km / h approved) and 83 tons heavy Rh 1041 with axle formula Bo’Bo ‚in service and u.a. stationed in Attnang-Puchheim, Selzthal and Bischofshofen.