Product Features and Details
                                
                                
                                
- New with Next18 interface 
 
- Rear signals 
 
- Illuminated driver‘s cab 
 
- Sound 
 
- 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.