Electric locomotive ME 146-12 of metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH.

Finely detailed design with many separately attached plug-in parts
Design with pilots on the chassis
First model to feature the PluX22 interface
With switchable high beam and individually switchable headlight or tail light in digital mode

Since 2003, metronom has been connecting the northern part of Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Bremen with its yellow and blue double-decker trains drawn by locomotives. metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH is a railway company not owned by the federal German government based in Uelzen (Lower Saxony).
The company operates five local passenger transport lines under the metronom brand on 390 kilometres of track.
The ME 146-12 comes from the second delivery series of eight TRAXX type P160 AC2 locomotives built in 2005, which is based on the crash-optimised locomotive body of DB class 185.2.

General data

• Coupling: NEM shaft 362 with close coupling mechanism
• Minimum radius: 358 mm
• Flywheel: yes
• Number of driven axles: 4
• Number of axles with traction tyres: 1
• Article number: 7510037
• Scale: H0
• Epoch: VI

Electrical

• Motor: 5-pole motor
• Head light: 3 headlight, dependent on the direction of travel/2 tail lights, dependent on the direction of travel
• LED head light: yes
• Additional light function: yes
• Control: DC Digital
• Interface: Electrical interface for traction units PluX22
• Digital decoder: PluX22
• Sound: yes
• Buffer capacitor: yes

Measurements

• Length over buffer: 217 mm