Fleischmann 7570007 H0 E- Loc BR 143 of DB AG
Electric locomotive series 143 of the German Railways.When the Deutsche Reichsbahn decided in 1980 to electrify all major lines, it needed powerful universal locomotives. Building on the experience gained with the 250 series, the prototype of the 212 series was developed in 1982 as a 140 km/h fast variant of the 243 series, which went into series production from 1984 with a power of 3,720 kW and a maximum speed of 120 km/h.From 1990, 150 locomotives were rented by the German Federal Railways and as series 143 were mainly used in the area of Freiburg and the Ruhr area. After the association of the two German state railways in 1994 the other locomotives were also re-designed and since then they are traveling all over Germany.This text is machine translated.