Electric locomotive 182 596 Mitsui Rail Capital Europe (MRCE).

■ Model with Switzerland package
■ Leased to DB-Fernverkehr
■ Perfectly matches the EC 7, items 74021, 74022 and 74023
■ Variant with three pantographs
■ Headlights/tail lights switchable with a DIP switch
■ Z21 driver's cab available

The electric locomotives of the EuroSprinter family from Siemens are known in Germany as class 182. With a power output of 6,400 kW, they reach a top speed of 230 km/h. From 2009 on, DB Fernverkehr had a shortage of high-speed locomotives for EuroCity traffic and solved the problem by leasing ES 64 U2 (class 182) locomotives from MRCE. After the timetable change in 2010, the EuroCity trains 6/7 used to be hauled by one of those locomotives.