Most Important Facts

The "Pants Crease" or rather prosaically the class E 10.3: There is hardly a German locomotive type which left its mark so vividly on the heyday of the German Federal Railroad starting in the Sixties as the elegant and streamlined units of the class E 10.3. Their impressive success story began in the Fifties when the new German Federal Railroad pressed ahead with electrification and ordered the E 10 in large numbers as a powerful and fast electric locomotive type. The first production runs (E 10.0 and E 10.1) still had a mundane, squared off locomotive body. In 1962, the first units appeared with aerodynamic ends. This striking design with the "crease" in the middle soon gave this variant rostered as the class E 10.3 the name "Pants Crease". For decades, the class E 10 units were workhorses in high-quality DB passenger service and the "Crease" was certainly one of the stars on German rails. Starting in 1990 the E 10 units wandered into regional service and performed their duties dependably there. The last "Pants Crease" units with millions of miles or kilometers under their belts did not go into retirement until 2013.

Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital decoder and extensive sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel, centrally mounted. All four axles powered using cardan shafts. Traction tires. Triple headlights and dual red marker lights change over with the direction of travel, will work in conventional operation, and can be controlled digitally. The headlights at Locomotive Ends 2 and 1 can be turned off separately in digital operation. There is a double A light function. Cab lighting can be controlled separately in digital operation. Maintenance-free, warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. The roof equipment is detailed with new tooling for the type DBS 54 pantographs. The pantographs can be raised and lowered digitally. There are many separately applied parts such as grab irons, steps, and UIC sockets. The buffer height conforms to the NEM. There are close couplers with guide mechanisms. Brake lines and prototype couplers are included separately for installation on the locomotive. Length over the buffers 18.9 cm / 7-7/16".