Roco 70460 diesel locomotive 68050, SNCF, Ep. IV

Roco 70460 diesel locomotive 68050, SNCF, Ep. IV Product Details

Description

Between 1963 and 1968, 80 A1AA1A 68000 series locomotives were built for the French State Railways (SNCF). Originally planned as a four-axle locomotive, the 68000 had an engine weight that was too high for these four axles and the resulting axle pressures were too high, which led to the conversion to three-axle bogies. As a remedy, a running axle with smaller wheels was installed in the middle of the bogie. The six-axle, diesel-electric locomotive had an operating weight of 106 tons. With its 12-cylinder diesel engine and 1,660 kW, it reached a top speed of 130 km/h.

In the original version, the locomotives had decorative lines that made the locomotives unmistakable. They were used for heavy passenger and freight traffic. Until the 1980s, the 68000 was also regularly seen in Germany, where it traveled to Kehl and Offenburg via Strasbourg. Other scheduled services ran from Metz to Trier, but also via Mulhouse to Basel in Switzerland.

Features:

• Roco - 68050 diesel locomotive, SNCF, Ep. IV
• For the first time with PluX22 interface and LED lighting
• Original version with raised decorative lines and numbers
• Finely detailed ventilation grilles
• 2-light headlights
• Coupling: NEM 362 shaft with KK kinematics
• Minimum radius: 358 mm
• Flywheel mass: Yes
• Number of powered axles: 6
• Number of axles with traction tires: 2
• Track: H0
• Era: IV
• Railroad company: SNCF
• Headlights: 2 headlights / 2 marker lights, depending on the direction of travel
• LED headlights: Yes
• Power system: DC analog
• Interface: Electric interface for locomotives PluX22
• Length over buffers: 207 mm