Product Features and Details
- New with Next18 interface
- Rear signals
- Illuminated driver‘s cab
- True-to-original speed
- 5-pole motor
- All axles driven
- Standard shaft to NEM 355
- Finest paintwork and printing
- Front light changes according to direction of travel
- Improved traction
The 216 locomotive series had already reached the end of its useful life in the 90ies. After the split-up of locomotives and employees over the business areas, the 216 was operated by DB Cargo, as the freight traffic division was called at that time. As the management - unlike in former years - pinned their hopes to a rapid implementation of the "corporate identity", many locomotives of all series were repainted even a few years prior to their decommissioning.
