Product Features and Details
6 Pin Prototype: German Railroad, Inc. class 1200, B-B design. Built starting in 1985. Use: Passenger trains.
Model: Era IV. The locomotive comes with a digital connector, 4 axles powered, 2 traction tires. Length over the buffers 120 mm / 4-3/4".
Another sensation was shown at the 1979 Transportation Exhibition in Munich in addition to the Transrapid magnetic levitation train: the first electronically controlled three-phase current locomotive for universal use. The builders, Krauss-Maffei, Henschel, Krupp, and BBC, were not so particular as the official DB about the designation for the locomotive. At its presentation the E 120 bore the identifying letter for electric locomotives in Era III in addition to the regular class designation. The first 5 prototypes showed pioneering technology that was used and developed further in the regular production version 120.1, in the ICE project, and in the present day Europa locomotives.
