Ellok1144 286-2, ?BB – roco 73546

Ellok1144 286 of the Austrian Federal Railways.

Mold variant !

? New primary voltage converter, main switch and buffer
? Prototypical axle bearing with encoder cable
? Version with two different pantographs
? The loco hauls passenger and goods trains in Austria and Germany

From 1976 to 1995, the ?BB procured 217 units of the 1044 four-axle thyristor locomotive series. The 5,120 kW strong and up to 160 km/h fast locomotives shaped the state-of-the-art image of the ?BB for many years. From 2002 all machines of the 1044 series were equipped with a push-pull control. This type of equipment made the vehicles, then designated series 1144, even more versatile.