Electric Express Locomotive.
Prototype: German Federal Railroad (DB) class 103.1. Regular production version with double row of vents, smooth exterior walls, front skirting, large windshields and single-arm pantographs.
Most Important Facts
| Article No. | 39579 |
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| Gauge / Design type | H0 / 1:87 |
| Era | IV |
| Kind | Electric Locomotives |
Highlights
- Reproduction of the new metal body forthe model of the regular production 103.
- High-efficiency C-Sine propulsion system.
- Remote-controlled working pantographs.
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Product description
Model: Locomotive comes with a digital decoder, controlled C-Sine high-efficiency propulsion, light functions, and remote-controlled pantographs. 3 axles powered. 4 traction tires. Headlights and marker lights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally.
Engine room lights, mechanism for raising and lowering both
pantographs as well as acceleration and braking delay can be controlled digitally with the 6021 Control Unit. Maintenance-free LED's are used for headlights and marker lights. Engineer's cabs
have interior details. 18 individual, separately applied metal handrails. Detailed roof equipment. Open front skirting and close coupler can
be replaced by a closed version with brake hoses that can be attached and with a reproduction prototype coupler. Length over buffers 21.9 cm / 8-5/8 *.Find more Märklin explanation videos on our YouTube Channel
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The 39579 locomotive is being produced in a one-time series only for Insider members. Delivery is planned for the end of 2003.
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Publications
- New items brochure 2003 - Product programme 2003/2004
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Prototype information
After the first prototypes E03 001 through E03 004 that were successfully tested over a period of 5 years, regular production of the express locomotives now classified as 103 took place starting in 1970. For around 20 years, 145 units formed the backbone of the high quality express train service offered by the German Federal Railroad (DB). With an output of 7,780 kilowatts or 10,433 horsepower and a weight of 114 metric tons, passenger trains could be run with scheduled speeds of up to 250 km/h or 156 mph - this locomotive was technically far in advance of the available rolling stock. In the meantime, these units have had to make way for the newer class 101 and above all, for the ICE, that is currently defining long distance passenger service. Due to their high level of reliability, many "103" units have escaped retirement and are used for special service and to fill in for newer types of locomotives, when the latter fail. This model of the class 103.1 is being presented as the first Märklin H0 locomotive with a regular production, built-in mechanism for raising and lowering both pantographs. The remote control is made possible by the use of new miniature technologies: specially developed piezo motors in the small mechanism unit and control electronics that are precisely designed for use with the locomotive decoder. Each of the two pantographs can be raised up to or lowered from the catenary independently from the digital locomotive controller. The motion of the pantographs is prototypically slow and gentle. The running operation of the locomotive is permanently connected to power coming from the center conductor in the track, in order to guarantee the reliability of the power supply for controlling the pantographs.
