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As I just let on in "To Mod a Modding," I was thinking that some restructuring of earlier content in this space would be due in order to reflect partings and new additions. I'd especially wanted to make my technical profile of the class 140 electric – which in many ways also addresses the line of Deutsche Bundesbahn's Einheits-Elektrolokomotiven as a whole – available again, having spent quite a bit of time for research.
As there is rather a lot of literature relating to the
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I was just meaning to write a few words on how I intend to put one of the DB Schenker 140s I presented in July back on the workbench. I had actually preferred turning one of the pair into one of those 140s outfitted with DSA 200 type single arm pantographs to begin with, but knew from my first attempt at this kind of rebuild that the DSA 200 variant for the Roco class 155 – which was the only option theoretically viable at the time – did not match the spacing of the supporting i
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In today's posting, I should like to present a model which took a lot of time and patience to obtain as it has actually been out of production for an extended period of time. Consequently, I had been particularly happy when I had, in fact, been able to obtain an example of Roco's SBB Cargo class Re 421 at my favourite Swiss retailer, Wemoba.
Those of you who follow the Swiss railway scene will most likely be aware of the Swiss Federal Railways having begun introducing n
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In today’s loco profile, you will learn a bit more about a locomotive which at the time of its roll-out could be said to have been the pride and joy of the German railway industry. Even though it was eventually built in 60 examples only, the class 120 electric definitely contributed much to the breakthrough of three-phase AC traction.
The rationale behind the 120’s development was that Deutsche Bundesbahn were intending to supplement their fleet of class 103 express passenge
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Followers of the Continental modelling scene may have registered that a few months ago, Roco has begun releasing a series of re-tooled Deutsche Bundesbahn class 103 electrics, adding several much-wanted enhancements to this model which had first been offered in 1977. It might not be surprising that when I was able to obtain one as a real bargain recently, I could not resist. Therefore, today's focus will be on what I assume most railfans will agree on being the? signature Deutsc
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I admit that the decision for purchasing the model we’re going to look at today was, first and foremost, made on the basis of my having been strangely intrigued by an operational practice introduced by DB Regio on several RegionalBahn (stopping service) lines covering areas of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia over the past few years. This involved pairing up Siemens ES 64 U2 type locomotives – in ÖBB service, and officially only there, known as „Taurus” – wi
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I need to admit that for a long time, my locomotive inventory has had a total lack of shunters – though there has been one attractive option which I'd been eyeing for a while. So, tonight, let us have a look at the Voith Gravita diesel-hydraulic shunter as produced by Brawa.
The Voith company, headquartered in the town of Heidenheim in the east of Baden-Württemberg, has its roots in the mid-19th century, but has proceeded to evolve into a full locomotive builder in recent ye
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Still trying to reduce the update backlog on this end, so for this time, how about having a look at one recent loco rebuild which I at least roughly finished? I say "roughly" because I have since become aware of some small kinks yet to iron out, but even so, I guess the result will be presentable...
During one of my photo rounds this spring, I encountered, live and in the flesh, one locomotive which I immediately concluded would be an excellent subject for a bit of loco modd
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In this morning's entry, I should like to present the result of a recent loco modding endeavour to which I treated a pair of Roco class 140 electrics in DB Schenker traffic red livery. As some of you might recall, I had done a similar rebuild last year, converting one of the two locos from that project to DSA 200 single arm pantographs.
I but had ended up being less than satisfied with the result of that rebuild. In a nutshell, there hadn't been any really clean way of align
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As I'd like to reduce the backlog of updates a bit, I should now like to present you with one of the oddballs to have been part of the DB Schenker locomotive inventory – bringing variety even to highly standardised locomotives as the class 152 electrics. The model we're looking at here is one of the newest releases of the highly refined Roco rendition of this class, and was marketed with catalogue number 72482.
For basic information about Siemens Eurosprinter type locomotive
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As you will have noticed, this is the first new entry on this-here blog after my move to Leipzig, and fittingly, we'll be looking at a class 143 locomotive connoisseurs of the German railway scene will know to have originated in the former German Democratic Republic. Furthermore, the model we'll be looking at depicts a 143 owned by Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn – abbreviated as MEG – , who are a freight TOC headquartered at Schkopau, located 11 kilometres south of Halle and therefore
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As I indicated a few months ago, I have been planning to restructure my blog postings about Siemens Eurosprinter type locomotives in a similar manner as those about Bombardier TRAXX type locos, with one general technical description to give an overview and reference about common and especially noteworthy design characteristics, and separate articles highlighting specific examples for Eurosprinter type locos. This entry will be the "baseline" technical portrait.
Strictly spea
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The following article had been in preparation for a while, but it has only been this past October that I managed to track down the actual model I was intending to present. With Gützold currently being in liquidation but still looking for new ownership (last time I checked, anyway), their excellent H0 scale models are currently becoming rarities, so I was all the more glad when I was able to find the Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn variant of their class 156 electric in a sale. This
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Most recently, I was thinking whether it might, in fact, be more suitable to change my approach towards writing articles about locos belonging to a type family, as I already have more than one Bombardier TRAXX and Siemens Eurosprinter type loco each. My idea would be to provide something of a "core" article with all relevant basic information about either family, in order to be able to offer this as a reference for all future model presentations. I'm going to begin the changeove
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Recent events had kept me from actually posting the following article, which I had, in fact, prepared a while ago - based on an earlier version of it, which I would think some of you may remember from Old RMweb. In this earlier article, I had presented a DB Schenker class 155 electric in the now-standard traffic red and basalt grey livery, which but I have since exchanged for a different version of this trademark locomotive from the former East German Deutsche Reichsbahn.
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