Electric locomotive 1631, NS Ep. IV DCC SOUND (HO Scale) ROCO - 70161

Railway company: Niederländische Staatsbahn                   Epoch: IV                             Gauge: H0

Electric locomotive 1631 of the Dutch State Railways.

New construction 2022!

■ Model without air conditioning

■ With signal horn box

■ Newly developed pantographs with innovative fastenings

■ Many extra-applied plug-in parts partially designed with etching technology

■ With individually switchable headlight or taillight and driver’s cab lighting in digital mode

The NS bought four-axle electric locomotives series 1600 based on the French electric locomotive’s series BB 7200. When they were launched in 1981, they were the most powerful locomotives in the NS fleet. With a service weight of 83 t, they had a power output of 4,540 kW and reached a top speed of 140 km/h.

Coupling                             NEM shaft 362 with close coupling mechanism

Minimum radius                              358 mm

Number of axles with traction tyres                        1

Number of driven axles                4

Flywheel                             yes

Interface                            Electrical interface for traction units PluX22

Head light                           3 headlight, dependent on the direction of travel/2 tail lights, dependent on the direction of travel

Interior lighting                Yes

Interior lighting                LED       

Interior lighting                Digital switchable

Interior lighting                Driver's cab lighting

Digital decoder                PluX22 Decoder type      MX645P22  DCC/Sound yes

LED head light                   yes

Additional light function                              yes

Buffer capacitor                yes

Measurements

Length over buffer                         201 mm

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