The “Iron” or simply the E 10.3: There is hardly a German locomotive type that expressed the heyday of the Bundesbahn from the 1960s as much as the elegant, streamlined type E 10.3 machine. Its impressive success story began in the Fifties when the young German Federal Railroad vigorously began the electrification of the network and ordered the elegant and powerful electric locomotive type E 10 in large numbers. The first versions (E 10.0 and E 10.1) still had an ugly, angular locomotive body. In 1962, however, the first examples appeared with aerodynamic fronts. Due to its striking design with the flat center roof, the variant classified as E 10.3 soon received the nickname “Iron”. For decades, the E-10 locomotives were the workhorses in the DB’s high-quality passenger service, and the Iron definitely became 1 of the celebrities on the German rail network. From 1990 the E-10 locomotives disappeared to regional traffic and there too they showed themselves to be very reliable. The last Irons only disappeared to the scrapyard in 2013 with many millions of kilometers on the clock.
Electric locomotive of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) series 110. Locomotive body with aerodynamic front, the so-called “Iron”. With continuous air intake grills, continuous rain gutter, and handrails on the front ends. Cobalt blue color. Locomotive number 110-461-1. Model in the 1978 version onwards.
Highlights
-Newly constructed pantograph model DBS 54.
-Current pantographs digitally controllable.
-Cabin lights digitally controllable.
-Moving close couplers.
-Digital mfx+ decoder with extensive light and sound functions.
-High buffers according to NEM.
Model: With digital mfx+ decoder and extensive sound functions. Centrally mounted controlled high-power drive with a flywheel. Non-slip tires. The triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in analog operation, and can be controlled in the digital system. Headlights on locomotive sides 2 and 1 can be controlled digitally independently. Dual A-light function. Lighting in the engineer’s cabs can be controlled digitally. Lighting with maintenance-free warm white and red light emitting diodes (LED). Detailed roof design with newly constructed type DBS 54 pantographs. The pantographs can be moved up and down digitally. Many separately applied parts such as hand rails, steps, and UIC sockets. Buffer height according to NEM. Movable close couplers. Brake hoses and screw couplers are included separately as separately mounted parts. Length over the buffers 18.9 cm.
Additional express train cars can be found in the Märklin H0 assortment under item no. 43914, 43925, 43934 and 43953. You can find this model in a DC version in the Trix H0 assortment under item no. 22774.
