FLEISCHMANN 7560007

Electric locomotive class 143 of the Deutsche Bahn.

• In traffic red livery
• Suitable for double-deck coaches: Item no. 862705, 862811, 862812 and 862086

When the German State Railway made the decision to electrify all important main lines in 1980, this necessitated the procurement of powerful general-purpose locomotives. Built on experience gained with the class 250, the prototype for the class 212 was built in 1982 as a 140 km/h version of the class 243 put into series production from 1984 onwards, with a performance of 3,720 kW and a top speed of 120 km/h.
From 1990, 150 locomotives were rented by the German Federal Railway and operated as class 143s, mainly in the region of Freiburg and the Ruhr region. Following the unification of the two German state railways in 1994, the remaining locomotives were redesignated and since then have been in use across the whole of Germany.

General data

• Coupling: NEM shaft 355 with close coupling mechanism
• Minimum radius: 192 mm
• Flywheel: yes
• Traction tyres: 2
• Number of driven axles: 4
• Scale: 296
• Epoch: VI
• Railway Company: DB-AG

Electrical

• Motor: 3 pole motor
• Head light: 3 headlight, dependent on the direction of travel/2 tail lights, dependent on the direction of travel
• LED head light: yes
• Control: DC Analog
• Interface: Electrical interface for traction units according to NEM 651 standards with plug-in fixture

Measurements

• Length over buffer: 104 mm