Marklin 39681 - Electric Locomotive E18 42
Prototype: Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) class E18 42 express locomotive. Later designated as the ÖBB's class 1118.01. The two-color paint scheme was for important long distance passenger service.
Highlights
- New compact design, powerful C-Sine motor.
- mfx decoder with a feed-back feature in Märklin Systems.
- Metal construction with many separately applied details.
Model: The locomotive has an mfx digital decoder and controlled C-Sine high efficiency propulsion. 2 axles powered. 4 traction tires. The engineer's cabs and engine room have interior details. Metal grab irons and other details are separately applied. The driving wheels have a reproduction of the quill drive. The headlights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The low switch speed switching range or the acceleration and braking delay can be controlled digitally with a Control Unit or Märklin Systems. Length over the buffers 19.5 cm / 7-11/16".
Product info
Express train passenger cars to go with this locomotive are available as item no. 43228.
Publications
- Summer New Items 2006Prototype information
Eight class E 18 express locomotives were built in Austria starting in 1938 as road numbers E 18 201 to E 18 208. After World War II the Austrian Federal Railways (BBÖ) added two original locomotives from the German State Railroad to this group. One of the two was used for spare parts. The other unit was designated as road number E 18 42 and was the fastest locomotive in Austria for many years. In 1952, this locomotive was used for publicity purposes in an attractive two-color paint scheme along with newly overhauled prewar passenger cars to present the resumption of long distance passenger service - now under electric catenary operation. After the founding of the ÖBB (postwar Austrian Federal Railways) further expansion went forward modestly with uniformly green cars and locomotives. These locomotives then became the class 1018; only the fast E 18 42 became the 1118.01. It was updated in 1967 and was run in a Jaffa orange paint scheme until 1985.