Electric locomotive E 16 09 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft.

■ Rich detailing on the model with separately applied plug-in parts
■ True to the original Buchli drive
■ Machine room and driver's cab with prints

In the early 1920s, the Reichsbahn needed powerful electric locomotives to run express trains on the planned Bavarian network around Munich. As the first locomotives with the new Buchli single-axle drive, the Ae 3/6 I series, were proving very successful in Switzerland at the same time, the DRG ordered the first locomotives of a much heavier type already in 1922. The 120 km/h locomotives achieved an hourly output of 2,340 kW. In its early years of service, the E 16 was used to haul high-value express trains from Munich. However, most of the time they hauled fast and express trains in Bavaria and to Austria.