Roco 70433 OBB Rh1044.01 Electric Locomotive IV HO

Name: Roco 70433 OBB Rh1044.01 Electric Locomotive IV HO
Brand: Roco

Roco

Roco 70433 HO Gauge OBB Rh1044.01 Electric Locomotive IV\nPLEASE REVIEW THE PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL, ACCESSORIES/BOXES ETC WILL BE SHOWN IF THEY ARE INCLUDED. WORKING ORDER: Yes. COSMETIC CONDITION: New. PROTOTYPE DETAILS Steadily increasing performance requirements had prompted the Austrian locomotive industry to develop an entirely new high-performance electric traction unit with thyristor technology in the early 1970s. SGP, responsible for the mechanical part, and the companies BBC (today ABB), Elin and Siemens for the electrical equipment, delivered two prototype locomotives (1044.01 in December 1974 and 1044.02 in February 1975) to the \u00D6BB for testing on their account in the mid-1970s. The universally usable high-performance locomotives with an output of 5,280 kW and a maximum speed of 160 km/h were essentially convincing during their trials on the southern and western railway lines between Vienna and Salzburg. In April 1976, the \u00D6BB placed their order for the first seriesy