Prototype: Swiss Federal Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS) class RAe TEE II
four system powered rail car train. 5 units arranged as open
seating, 1st class. Centrally located power car with a galley, 2
cab control cars, an intermediate car with seating, and a dining
car with a bar. Used in international TEE service. The train looks
as it did when delivered in 1961.
Model: The power car is located in the middle of the 5-part train.
It has an mfx digital decoder, high-efficiency Softdrive Sine
propulsion, and a sound effects generator. It also has a powerful,
compact-design motor, centrally mounted. 4 axles powered through
cardan shafts. Traction tires. The headlights, which change over
with the direction of travel, the marker lights, and the interior
lights are maintenance-free LEDs. The headlights and interior
lights are warm white LEDs. The lights will work in conventional
operation and can be controlled digitally. The train has four
different pantographs in an offset arrangement and detailed roof
equipment. The train also has separately applied metal grab irons.
The engineer's cabs and the passenger areas have interior details.
There is a special close coupled mechanical and electrical
connection between the cars. Both end cars have pickup shoes, and
the power pickup switches automatically to the pickup shoe at the
front of the train. The ends of the train have a representation of
the Scharfenberg coupler (non-working). Minimum radius for
operation 360 mm / 14-3/16". Train length approximately 134.0 cm /
52-3/4".
One-time series for the anniversaries "50 Years of the Trans Europe
Express" and "125 Years of the Gotthard Line".
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