Austrian ÖBB 1142

[MichaelE]

Since there is no forum for Austrian railroads I will post this here with the German threads.

 

This came last week from Union Modellbahn in Germany. I originally purchased it to pull a Eurofirma consist of ÖBB coaches, but after seeing a TRIX set of double decker CityShuttle coaches I decided it was to pull these coaches and leave the Eurofirma coaches to the reliable ÖBB 1014 locomotive.

 

At the time of purchase I was unaware that this very locomotive is set up for push-pull operation with the CityShuttle train. Just dumb luck on my part after it arrived that I found out.

 

Anyway, this is a Roco model with a Zimo 645 PluX22 decoder installed. Works well, but it lacks a high beam control for the headlamps and has no cab lighting. Not a deal breaker, but I would have at least liked to have had the high-beam headlamps.

 

It is very nicely detailed and I have removed the front coupler for this push-pull operation and replaced all of the front end components with the display pieces that were included with the model. It looks much better now than with an un-used front coupler hanging out to distract from authentic looks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by MichaelE

[TTDB]

Thanks for these photos I’m bidding on one at the moment to work with my OBB domestic coaches, there were some Lima models available at a reasonable price but always the thought of spare parts . 

[MichaelE]

I hope you win. It's a great little runner and the sound set is good. Roco did a very nice job with the details on this model.

[duff man]

Hi, I agree this is a lovely model. If this was sold as a new item I would contact the dealer regarding the faults you mention, if you bought this as a pre used item I would get the chip checked out at my local model shop. 

 Most unusual for a Zimo chip to fail in my experience.

[readingtype]

19 hours ago, MichaelE said:

Since there is no forum for Austrian railroads I will post this here with the German threads.

 

Have a look at https://www.kleinbahnsammler.at/

Yes, it is mostly not in English. But have a look anyway, if you haven't :-)

 

Ben

[duff man]

Have you considered joining the Austrian Railway Group based in the UK. A google search will find them easily.

They have a world wide membership, a active forum, a quarterly journal in English. a model section plus other benefits.

A very friendly bunch of guys with a mountain of knowledge between them.

[MichaelE]

2 hours ago, duff man said:

Hi, I agree this is a lovely model. If this was sold as a new item I would contact the dealer regarding the faults you mention, if you bought this as a pre used item I would get the chip checked out at my local model shop. 

 Most unusual for a Zimo chip to fail in my experience.

 

It's not a fault. It was just not included in the programming. There are no LED cab lights in the model, and no function programmed for hi-beam lights.

[SimonBoulton]

14 hours ago, duff man said:

Have you considered joining the Austrian Railway Group based in the UK. A google search will find them easily.

They have a world wide membership, a active forum, a quarterly journal in English. a model section plus other benefits.

A very friendly bunch of guys with a mountain of knowledge between them.

 

I'd second that, a great group and very helpful, friendly people

[OnTheBranchline]

About 20 years ago, I was gifted an OBB 1042 and some coaches by a distant family relative. I don’t know much about the logo/coaches in real life or the manufacturer of the model (Kleinbahn). 

[OnTheBranchline]