Electric locomotive 421 389 of the Swiss Federal Railways.

New design 2024!

Delicately crafted, etched windscreen wipers
Version without air conditioning
Finely-detailed pantographs for CH and D
Prototype also in use in Germany
Closed snow ploughs attached to the package
With switchable headlight or tail light and driver’s cab lighting in digital mode
Z21 driver’s cab available

The locomotives of the class Re 421 are used for cross-border transport between Germany and Switzerland. For instance, the colourful locomotives run along the Rhine Valley railway with long KLV trains. Like the prototype, the model has two different pantographs for use in Switzerland and Germany.

General data

• Coupling: NEM shaft 355 with close coupling mechanism
• Minimum radius: 192 mm
• Flywheel: yes
• Traction tyres: 2
• Number of driven axles: 4
• Scale: N
• Epoch: VI
• Railway Company: SBB

Electrical

• Head light: Light changeover true to the Swiss original.
• LED head light: yes
• Additional light function: yes
• Sound: yes
• Interior lighting: Yes, LED, Digital switchable, Driver’s cab lighting
• Control: 2L – Digital
• Interface: Electrical interface for traction units Next18
• Digital decoder: Next18

Measurements

• Length over buffer: 96 mm