TRIX T25772 H0 Electric locomotive EG 524

Electric locomotive EG 524
Prototype: Electric locomotive EG 524 HALL (later series E 71.1) of the German State Railroad (DRB). Basic color of brown. Operating number EG 524. Operating condition after 1921.

As early as 1906 the Prussian state railway decided to electrify the Magdeburg – Dessau – Leipzig – Halle long-distance railway, and in 1911 the decision was made to electrify the Silesian mountain railway between Görlitz and the Waldenburger Kohlrevier. In July 1912, the Railway Directorate Halle ordered new electric locomotives in larger series, including 18 B’B’-coupled machines for freight transport as EC 511-528 (later series E 71). A new order for nine more locomotives (EG 529-537) was already followed in the next year. The EC 511 and 512 could be put into operation in spring 1914 and the EC 513 only followed in summer 1915. The outbreak of the First World War delayed the further construction of the ordered machines. It was only between 1920 and 1921 that the AEG delivered the rest of the EC in 514-537. In autumn 1926, the DRG only resigned the EC 511 and 513-537 to E 71 11 and 13-37, as the EC had to be phased out in 512 the same year after a serious accident. For the time at that time the E 71 had a completely modern design: Its drive was carried out by two traction motors mounted in a semi-high drive bogie each, which acted on the driving wheels via a counterbar and slotted coupling rods. The box structure with the two driver cabs, supported by sliding pans and guided by pivots, and an rounded front frame on each side, was located on the two short-coupled traction bogies. The motor voltage was controlled by electro-pneumatic contactors in eleven continuous driving stages. If all the machines were at the RBD Halle from 1923 onwards, the E 71 soon no longer met the requirements due to increasing towing loads. With the delivery of the new E 75 from 1931, some copies could be dispensed with, which would then be available until 1932 at Bw Basel (E 71 11, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 and 35) found a new home. There, they replaced the old Baden-Baden electric locomotives on the meadow and Wehratal railways and were soon affectionately referred to as "irons" because of their appearance. In order to enable use in the passenger train service in Baden with an increase of the highest speed to 65 km/h, the locomotives were given an improved traction ventilation, an electric train heating as well as a BBC safety driving circuit. Between 1930 and 1946, the E 71 11, 15-17, 20, 21, 23-25 fell. 27 and 33-37 of the withdrawal to the victim. After the foundation of the DB in 1949, only nine machines were running at Bw Basel (E 71 13, 14, 18, 19, 22, 26, 28, 29 and 32) on the Wiesen- und Wehratal Railway. Starting in 1957, increasingly difficult procurement of spare parts led to the replacement of the old machines by the E 32 series. E 71 14, 18, 1957, 22 and 26 were discontinued as of June 2, 19). The removal of the last four machines took place between November 1957 and December 1958. The E 71 19 (DB-Museum Koblenz), E 71 28 (German Museum of Technology Berlin) and E 71 30 (Verkehrsmuseum Dresden) were retained.

With digital decoder and a wide range of sound features. Regulated high-power drive with flywheel mass installed centrally. Drive via cardan on both axles in each drive frame. Traction tyres. Two-light head end signal changes depending upon the direction of travel and two red tail lights operated conventionally, can be switched digitally. Head end signal to locomotive sides 2 and 1, each can be switched off digitally separately. In addition, the third head light can be switched digitally as the encounter lamp and the driver's cab lighting. Lighting with maintenance-free warm white and red light emitting diodes (LED). With buffer storage. Many separately applied parts like handle bars and brake hoses. Both fuel frames are connected with each other via coupling rod. Buffer height according to NEM. A booklet informs about the history of the locomotive. Length over buffer 13.3 cm.

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