- Description
| Brand | |
| Lenz | |
| product type | |
| electric loco | |
| technical & model details | |
| running number | 141 011-7 |
| interior lighting | Führerstand |
| interior details | Führerstand |
| scale | 1:45 |
| couplers | Lenz-Digitalkupplung |
| Length | 348 |
| light | 3-Licht Spitzensignal & 2 Schlusslichter, mit Fahrtrichtung wechselnd |
| material & finish | Fahrgestell aus Metall |
| motor | ja |
| flywheel | ja |
| gauge | Spur 0 |
| power supply | Gleichstrom |
| Age notice | not suitable under 14 years. |
| digital & sound | |
| factory fitted Digital Sound | |
| country | |
| Germany | DB |
| era (continental) | |
| era IV | |
Original sound of the E41, you can experience the perfect soundscape of the “firecracker”. Just for the characteristic "pop" of the locomotives when the speed level changes, 11 different samples are used, which are selected randomly by the sound control depending on the situation. As always, numerous sound settings can be configured by the model railroader, so that different background noises can be heard even when two locomotives are used.
The prototypically designed pantographs can be controlled individually in digital operation; in analogue operation, the pantograph at the rear in the direction of travel is automatically raised. The height of the pantograph can be adjusted digitally, so you can ensure that the contact piece is just below the model overhead line.
Prototype: Developed as a multi-purpose locomotive for light express, passenger and freight traffic, the E 41 could be used on main and branch lines thanks to its low axle load. A total of 451 units were built between 1956 and the last year of production in 1971. All E 41s were equipped for push-pull operation and had SIFA and Indusi. The E 41 (141) was in service until the first decade of this century, making it one of the DB's longest-lived electric locomotives. This long service life is reflected in the different paint schemes: the first E 41s were still classified as express locomotives according to the old Reichsbahn scheme and were therefore blue. However, because the maximum speed was only 120 km/h, they were no longer classified as express locomotives shortly after entering service and were delivered in green as local transport, passenger and freight locomotives. Later, variants in ocean blue-beige, orient red and traffic red followed.
But even before the development of this digital control system, Lenz had already set milestones for the model railway enthusiast, for example with the "REPA Lok-Aus" and the legendary "Teichmann controller". Lenz is constantly working on making the occupation with model railways more interesting, more varied, but also easier: USP ensures uninterrupted data transmission into the decoder even when power is interrupted from the track, ABC ensures pinpoint stops in front of signals, RailCom delivers information from the locomotive back to the digital system.
Lenz's entry into 0 gauge has not only been well received by "veteran" zero gauge enthusiasts, but has also inspired numerous model railway enthusiasts to enter/with this great gauge. Lenz is continuously expanding its programme here as well, but still attaches great importance to the greatest possible faithfulness to the prototype, exceptional technology and high quality standards.