Electric locomotive class 160 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.
■ First model in the “Edition Freilassing” series
■ Shunting platforms on each locomotive end
■ Additional driver's cab side windows
■ Delicately designed wheel flanges and separately applied etched
parts
■ Functional reproduction of the jackshaft
14 class E 60 locomotives were put into shunting service at the
major Bavarian railway stations by the Deutsche Reichsbahn from the
year 1927 onwards. Due to their striking body form, these
locomotives were nicknamed the “Bügeleisen”. In the years 1957 to
1958, the engines were thoroughly refurbished and modernised. For
example, they received shunter’s platforms and additional windows.
Several former class E 60 locomotives were even still in operation
in epoch IV of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (from 1968: class 160).
EDITION FREILASSING
Over the coming years, selected models from the former engine shed
Freilassing are to be reproduced under the label “Edition
Freilassing”. The first locomotives, at the time still running
under steam, entered the locomotive shed with its 20 tracks in the
year 1905. Around 20 years later, the electric locomotive workshops
were constructed, and further buildings followed over the
subsequent years. ROCO, too, has close connections with the
Bavarian city of Freilassing, as the company’s first sales office
was located here. Look forward to the models in this unique
edition!
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