Product Features and Details
Information about the model
As a further development of the E77, the DRG ordered additional electric locomotives in 1926 for use on the southern and central German network. While the electrical equipment remained almost unchanged, a new one-piece chassis with a 1'BB1' wheel arrangement was designed. The locomotive body resembled that of the E061 series. These modifications to the running gear allowed for a maximum permissible speed of 70 km/h, which was intended to improve its suitability for mixed passenger and freight train schedules. Of the planned 79 locomotives, E75 01-12 went to southern Germany, while E75 51-69 were delivered to Leipzig West, Wahren, Bitterfeld, and Magdeburg-Buckau. Since all E75 locomotives operating in central Germany were transferred to Bavaria in 1943 in exchange for E77s, almost all E75 locomotives remained in the western occupation zones. In the Soviet Occupation Zone (SBZ), locomotives E75 07 and 58 were counted at the Weißenfels depot after 1945. At least one of these two was taken away as war reparations and bought back, but was not subsequently put back into service. After the war-damaged locomotives were decommissioned, the DB (German Federal Railway) had 22 locomotives, which were used in mixed service on the southern German network. Three locomotives were modernized from 1960 onwards, receiving, among other things, rubber-framed front windows. From 1968, the 19 remaining locomotives were reclassified as the new Class 175.
Model details
- Attached grab bars in thin material
- Three-point mounting
- Finely detailed chassis
- Fine printing and varnishing
- Functional pantographs (mechanical)
- Engine room equipment replicated
- LED lighting
- Frame and wheels made of metal
- Authentic, multi-part roof equipment
- High ease of maintenance thanks to simple housing disassembly
- Relubrication of the motor bearings and worm gears is possible through holes in the circuit board and gearbox cover, or laterally after disassembling the housing.
