Item no.: ESU-31173
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| Brand | |
| ESU | |
| gauge | |
| HO gauge | 16,5mm |
| power supply | |
| DC | |
| AC | |
| product type | |
| electric loco | |
| technical & model details | |
| special features | Buffer Capacitor |
| running number | E03 003 |
| friction tires | yes |
| interior lighting | Driver''s cab, driver''s desk, engine room |
| interior details | Driver''s cab and driver''s desk |
| couplers | NEM 362 coupler pocket, bracket couplings |
| Length (mm) | 224,1 |
| light | 3-light peak signal & 2 tail lights, changing with direction of travel |
| limited & exclusive editions | x |
| scale | 1:87 |
| with motor | yes |
| flywheel | yes |
| Age notice | not suitable under 14 years |
| digital & sound | |
| factory fitted Digital Sound | |
| country | |
| Germany | DB |
| era (continental) | |
| era III (1949-1970) | |
Prototype: The E03, presented in 1965 in four pre-series examples, and its 145 sister locomotives, built in series from 1970, were legends even during their lifetime. The Deutsche Bundesbahn developed the E03, mainly with Henschel and Krauss-Maffei, to transport light TEE trains at high speed in the lowlands. With E03 001, high-speed tests for the scheduled transport of passenger trains at 200 km/h began in 1965. These inserts and the unique shape also made the E03 an advertising icon. The spherical end faces developed in extensive tests in the wind tunnel and the elegant TEE paintwork shaped the image of fast traffic in Germany for more than 30 years. In 1969, the DB changed the requirement profile for the E03 and increased the train weight for the series locomotives to 480 t at 200 km/h and 800 t at 160 km/h. That is why the power of the engines was increased to 7780 kW. Externally, the series locomotives designated as BR 103.1 differed markedly from the pre-series by the second fan band in the side walls and the simplified paintwork without a silver decorative strip between crimson and beige-colored areas. In the early 1970s, the 103 in front of TEE trains with a maximum of seven cars were able to demonstrate their brilliant acceleration capabilities and, due to the small number of route sections permitted for 200 km/h, did not come close to their performance limits. Since trains with top speeds of over 140 km/h always had to be manned by two engine drivers, the crew was given a little more space in the locomotives of the last series by extending the driver's cabs. Incidentally, the requirement for double occupancy was not lifted until 1996, which is why you will of course find two engine drivers in cab 2 of your ESU models. The introduction of the IC'79 train system in 1979 made the 103 hard workers. The now two-class IC consisted of rolling stock approved for 200 km/h. Although the high-speed locomotives were now constantly being pushed to the limits of their performance, they still impressed with their great reliability. Reunification in 1990 and the founding of DB AG gave the racers an even larger radius of action. The 103 was indispensable for the DB AG until after the turn of the millennium.
ESU has existed for over 25 years and is only known to most model railroaders because of its innovative digital technology (decoder and system control), but since 2012 also because of suitable, innovative and realistic implementations of locomotives, passenger cars and freight cars.
The digital center ECoS, LokPilot 5, LokSound 5 and the Nano decoders are the distance horses in the ESU range. Modellbahn Union also cooperates very closely with ESU and has already had exclusive sound models implemented for its own products as well as remaining stock. At the same time, further exclusive models in the rolling area are sought, as well as close cooperation in the implementation of Modellbahn Union's own products.
