Electric locomotive 1144 286 of the Austrian Federal Railways. Mold variant ! ■ New primary voltage converter, main switch and buffer ■ Prototypical axle bearing with encoder cable ■ Version with two different pantographs ■ The loco hauls passenger and goods trains in Austria and Germany ■ With switchable high beam and individually switchable headlight or tail light in digital mode From 1976 to 1995, the ÖBB procured 217 units of the 1044 four-axle thyristor locomotive series. The 5,120 kW strong and up to 160 km/h fast locomotives shaped the state-of-the-art image of the ÖBB for many years. From 2002 all machines of the 1044 series were equipped with a push-pull control. This type of equipment made the vehicles, then designated series 1144, even more versatile.
